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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Italians enter Albania according to Shirer?
(a) April 7, 1939.
(b) April 17, 1939.
(c) March 7, 1939.
(d) April 7, 1940.

2. Who was named head of the government after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I?
(a) Daladier.
(b) Doumergue.
(c) Chamberlin.
(d) De Gaulle.

3. How did Shirer describe the life in Berlin one week after the start of the war in Part II?
(a) Normal.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Slow.
(d) In hiding.

4. What did Shirer say continued in Germany in Part II, pgs.248-289?
(a) The military build-up.
(b) The building of concentration camps.
(c) Execution of traitors.
(d) Massing troops on the French border.

5. What concerned country was not included in the talks about the Czech situation?
(a) The United States.
(b) Japan.
(c) Austria.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

6. What did Shirer find out about the American people upon arrival?
(a) They didn't want to know about Europe.
(b) They supported Hitler.
(c) They hated Stalin.
(d) They did not think that war was coming.

7. What treaty did Hitler disregard in March 1936?
(a) VersailleTreaty.
(b) Saar Treaty.
(c) Rhur Treaty.
(d) Locarno Treaty.

8. When did Shirer return to Geneva?
(a) September 5, 1939.
(b) October 9, 1939.
(c) October 5, 1939.
(d) October 9, 1940.

9. What percentage of the Austrian voters voted to join the Reich on April 10, 1938?
(a) 50%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 99%.

10. Until when did Shirer say Hitler would continue the war?
(a) As long as France and England continued the war.
(b) France apologized.
(c) Germany was given a seat at the society of nations.
(d) Russia was defeated.

11. When did Shirer first see Hitler?
(a) September 14, 1935.
(b) September 14, 1934.
(c) September 9, 1934.
(d) August 19, 1934.

12. When did the Russian Army invade Poland?
(a) September 7, 1939.
(b) September 17, 1940.
(c) June 17, 1939.
(d) September 17, 1939.

13. When did the Graf Spee sink?
(a) December 14, 1940.
(b) October 14, 1939.
(c) December 13, 1939.
(d) December 14, 1939.

14. Who did Shirer say Hitler met with in February 1938?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Chamberlin.
(c) Schuschnigg.
(d) Churchill.

15. What city did Shirer go to after Danzig?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Prague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Shirer's first assignment with his new employer in 1937?

2. Where did William Shirer spend the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?

3. Where did Tess Shirer stay to await the birth of their first child?

4. Who did the German propaganda say threatened the Reich in August 1939?

5. What law did Roosevelt ask Congress to repeal after Germany's attack on Poland?

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