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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who arrived in Berlin on November 12, 1940?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Molotov.
(d) Shirer.
2. What was Shirer amazed with when he reached Paris in Part II, pgs. 409-450?
(a) The streets were deserted.
(b) All the bridges were destroyed.
(c) Germans were already in Paris.
(d) Life went on as usual.
3. How did Germany justify their entering Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg?
(a) England and France were planning to invade through them.
(b) They were not supporting Germany.
(c) They were supporting France and Britain.
(d) They were planning on invading Germany.
4. Who was Germany's main supplier of iron in 1940?
(a) The U.S.A.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Sweden.
(d) France.
5. Why didn't Shirer want Tess to leave through Paris?
(a) Paris was full of fleeing civilians.
(b) Germans would reach it before she did.
(c) There was no plan for Spain in Paris.
(d) It was too much of a trip for her and the child.
6. What right did the broadcaster have regarding censorship?
(a) To broadcast what they wanted.
(b) To leave the country.
(c) They had the right to decline to broadcast.
(d) To have forwards saying that it was censored.
7. Who removed time bombs according to Shirer in Part II, pgs. 492-552?
(a) Common rights prisoners.
(b) French prisoners of war.
(c) Concentration camp prisoners.
(d) Polish prisoners of war.
8. When did Britain give its answer to Hitler's peace offering?
(a) July 24.
(b) July 22.
(c) July 30.
(d) July 29.
9. When was Berlin bombed for the first time?
(a) September 26, 1940.
(b) August 26, 1940.
(c) August 26, 1941.
(d) August 28, 1940.
10. What did the Germans tell the journalists they flew to Hamburg?
(a) They were prisoners of the Third Reich.
(b) They were free to go back to England.
(c) They had to be supervised.
(d) That they could see whatever they wanted.
11. When were Hitler's plans for the new order revealed?
(a) July 25, 1940.
(b) July 26, 1940.
(c) August 25, 1940.
(d) July 25, 1941.
12. When were Tess and Eileen supposed to leave for the Americas according to Part II, pgs. 532-575?
(a) End of September.
(b) Start of October.
(c) End of October.
(d) Mid-October.
13. What did Shirer think Hitler's reason was for signing that military pact?
(a) He wanted Japan's access to oil.
(b) He wanted Italy on his side.
(c) He could not easily win against England.
(d) He wanted to attack Russia.
14. What did General von Reichenau command on May 20, 1940?
(a) Germany's 2nd army.
(b) Germany's 6th army.
(c) Germany's 7th army.
(d) Germany's 5th army.
15. When did Italy enter the war against France?
(a) June 12, 1940.
(b) June 10, 1940.
(c) June 10, 1941.
(d) July 10, 1940.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the Germans start bombing the Stromness and Kinkwall bases?
2. Where did Shirer say he and other journalists were flown to on August 4, 1940?
3. What did Shirer notice when he visited the Calais front?
4. Why did Shirer think his usefulness as a journalist in Berlin was over?
5. What did Shirer say Germany could not survive?
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