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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 he and other journalists were flown to on August 4, 1940?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Hamburg.

2. What shortage did Shirer describe as being worse than ever?
(a) Coal.
(b) Iron.
(c) Oil.
(d) Food.

3. When did the Germans start bombing the Stromness and Kinkwall bases?
(a) March 17, 1940.
(b) March 18, 1940.
(c) June 17, 1940.
(d) March 17, 1941.

4. What did Shirer say the Germans attempted on September 16, 1940?
(a) A landing in England.
(b) To enter Spain.
(c) Invasion of Russia.
(d) Negotiating the surrender of Gibraltar.

5. When was Berlin bombed for the first time?
(a) August 26, 1940.
(b) September 26, 1940.
(c) August 26, 1941.
(d) August 28, 1940.

6. Where was the only accessible place in western continental Europe where one could take a plane or boat to the Americas in October 1940?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Dunkirk, France.
(c) Lisbon, Portugal.
(d) Madrid, Spain.

7. When did Shirer return to Berlin after attending the meeting of the International Broadcasting Union in Lausanne?
(a) April 29, 1941.
(b) March 29, 1940.
(c) April 29, 1940.
(d) April 9, 1940.

8. When did the German press announce that the troops were ready to attack Britain according to Part II, pgs. 451-492?
(a) July 17, 1940.
(b) July 16, 1940.
(c) July 18, 1940.
(d) July 15, 1940.

9. What did Shirer say he asked himself at the end of September 1940?
(a) If he should enroll in the U.S army.
(b) Why he became a journalist.
(c) Why he was staying in Berlin.
(d) If he should ask for German citizenship.

10. When did Italy enter the war against France?
(a) July 10, 1940.
(b) June 10, 1940.
(c) June 10, 1941.
(d) June 12, 1940.

11. What did General von Reichenau command on May 20, 1940?
(a) Germany's 7th army.
(b) Germany's 5th army.
(c) Germany's 2nd army.
(d) Germany's 6th army.

12. How many Parisians fled Paris in June 1940?
(a) 3 out of 5 million.
(b) 1 out of 5 million.
(c) 4 out of 5 million.
(d) 3 out of 8 million.

13. What did Shirer see in Berlin on September 18, 1940?
(a) Civilians wounded.
(b) British prisoners of war.
(c) Hospital trains unloading the wounded.
(d) Transfer of Jews to concentration camps.

14. How did Germany justify their entering Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg?
(a) They were not supporting Germany.
(b) England and France were planning to invade through them.
(c) They were planning on invading Germany.
(d) They were supporting France and Britain.

15. What did Shirer learn after arriving in Paris in June 1940?
(a) France refused to surrender.
(b) Most of his friends were still in Paris.
(c) Most of his friends had left the city.
(d) Germany offered peace to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the Dutch and Belgian troops not trying to slow down the German army?

2. What did the Germans hope the Americans would do in the territories occupied in 1939-1940?

3. Who removed time bombs according to Shirer in Part II, pgs. 492-552?

4. What city did Shirer say was under siege by Goering Luftwaffe?

5. Against what country did Germany, Japan and Italy sign a military pact against according to Part II, pgs. 532-575?

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