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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Shirer say the Poles were still fighting after the surrender of their government?
(a) Danzig.
(b) Plock.
(c) Kalisz.
(d) Warsaw.

2. Who did Shirer say met in London on July 14?
(a) His wife.
(b) Murrow and the European staff.
(c) Daladier.
(d) His parents.

3. Who did Murrow make arrangements with to procure radio transmitters in December 1939?
(a) NBC.
(b) The German army.
(c) The BBC.
(d) The French army.

4. Who did Shirer say was refused entry by the secret police?
(a) Daladier.
(b) John Delerte.
(c) Kassy Herkel.
(d) Hans Kaltenborn.

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

6. What did Hitler deny after presenting his plan to have Germany self-sufficient in raw materials?
(a) That he was building long highways.
(b) That it was a peace plan.
(c) That it was a war plan.
(d) That it was for the good of the German people.

7. Where did Hitler give his speech after the surrender of the Poles?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Danzig.

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

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

10. What pact did Hitler use as an excuse to violate a treaty in March 1936?
(a) The Anglo-French pact.
(b) The Franco-Russian pact.
(c) The Franco-Soviet pact.
(d) The Anglo-Polish pact.

11. What French prime minister resigned after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) Doumergue.
(b) Daladier.
(c) De Gaulle.
(d) Chamberlain.

12. Where did Shirer return on December 1, 1939?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Prague.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Shirer start to work for on October 1, 1937?

2. Who did Germany take off the air on October 19, 1939?

3. Who voted to join the Reich on January 14, 1935?

4. Where did Shirer meet Murrow on January 18, 1940?

5. What did Shirer find out about the American people upon arrival?

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