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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Danzig in 1939?
(a) France.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

2. What area did Hitler occupy in March 1936?
(a) Rhineland.
(b) Saar.
(c) Austria.
(d) France.

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

4. What did Shirer cover on February 1936 according to Part I, pgs. 44-83?
(a) The 3rd communist party congress.
(b) The Winter Olympics.
(c) The Summer Olympics.
(d) Hitler's oath of office.

5. What did Hitler demand in a speech on September 12, 1938 according to Part I, pgs. 125-165?
(a) Half of Poland.
(b) The right to form an air army.
(c) The right to build battleships.
(d) Self-determination for the Studentens.

6. Where was the Royal Oak battleship when it was sunk by a German U-boat?
(a) The Mediteranean.
(b) Scapa Flow.
(c) The Falkland.
(d) The Atlantic.

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

8. What did the Czech government reply to Hitler's demands?
(a) They would give him what he wanted.
(b) They would fight if invaded.
(c) They would grant the Nazi party Parliament representation.
(d) They would appoint a Nazi prime minister.

9. Who did Germany take off the air on October 19, 1939?
(a) CBS.
(b) NBC and CBS.
(c) ABC.
(d) CNN.

10. Where did the Shirers and Knickerbockers vacation in June 1936?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Yugoslavia.
(d) Austria.

11. What did William Shirer do during the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) He was in a hospital.
(b) He was in school.
(c) He was on sabbatical.
(d) He was in the army.

12. What law did Roosevelt ask Congress to repeal after Germany's attack on Poland?
(a) The anti-British law.
(b) The neutrality law.
(c) The friend of France law.
(d) The Germany law.

13. What did Shirer say he had to have approved by the German censors before broadcast in May 1937?
(a) His concentration camp coverage.
(b) Hitler's speech coverage.
(c) His Hindenburg crash coverage.
(d) His coverage of worker's day.

14. With whom did William Shirer spend the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) His colleagues.
(b) His wife.
(c) His children.
(d) Friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Czechoslovakia refuse to do after the British/Germany meeting in September 1938?

2. When was Shirer offered a position in Berlin?

3. Who returned to Berlin in August 1939?

4. Where did Shirer drive to on September 18, 1939?

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

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