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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Shirer return on December 1, 1939?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Prague.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Geneva.
2. What did Shirer say Hitler spoke of to foreign leaders when they visited?
(a) Peace.
(b) Germany's highways.
(c) War.
(d) Food supply.
3. What information did Shirer say was forbidden to broadcast in March 11-12, 1938?
(a) Hitler opened the first concentration port.
(b) The Hindenburg burst into flames.
(c) The Nazis opened fire on a peaceful protest.
(d) The Nazis were in power in Austria.
4. Who did Shirer say Hitler met with in February 1938?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Chamberlin.
(d) Schuschnigg.
5. What French prime minister resigned after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) Daladier.
(b) De Gaulle.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Doumergue.
6. Where did Tess Shirer leave for in September 1938?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Austria.
(d) America.
7. What did most of the correspondents at the Taverne feel that the French could do in March 1936 according to Shirer?
(a) They could invade Germany.
(b) They could stop Hitler in Switzerland.
(c) They could depose Hitler.
(d) They could stop Hitler in Rhineland.
8. What concerned country was not included in the talks about the Czech situation?
(a) Austria.
(b) The United States.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Japan.
9. What did Shirer have to do during his first assignment for his new employer in 1937?
(a) Take his own photographs.
(b) Stay at the back of the room.
(c) Hire other reporters.
(d) Hire a better voice.
10. What did Shirer cover on February 1936 according to Part I, pgs. 44-83?
(a) The Winter Olympics.
(b) The Summer Olympics.
(c) Hitler's oath of office.
(d) The 3rd communist party congress.
11. What was Shirer's first assignment with his new employer in 1937?
(a) Russia's military purge.
(b) The Power Conference in Brussels.
(c) Hitler's speech in Munich.
(d) France's presidential election.
12. What happened at the demonstration Shirer covered at the Place de la Concorde?
(a) It moved from Place de la Concorde to the prime minister's office.
(b) It turned violent.
(c) It distributed Nazi propaganda.
(d) It dispersed quickly.
13. What did William Shirer do during the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) He was on sabbatical.
(b) He was in school.
(c) He was in the army.
(d) He was in a hospital.
14. Where did Hitler give his speech after the surrender of the Poles?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Danzig.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Warsaw.
15. What did Shirer find out about the American people upon arrival?
(a) They did not think that war was coming.
(b) They hated Stalin.
(c) They supported Hitler.
(d) They didn't want to know about Europe.
Short Answer Questions
1. Until when did Shirer say Hitler would continue the war?
2. Who voted to join the Reich on January 14, 1935?
3. When did the Italians enter Albania according to Shirer?
4. Where would Shirer be based with his new employer?
5. Where did Shirer spend Christmas in 1939?
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