View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rumor was Shirer concerned about in mid-October 1940?
(a) Hitler's assassination.
(b) A successful landing of German troops in England.
(c) Hitler taking Gibraltar.
(d) Hitler attacking Russia.

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 planning on invading Germany.
(d) They were supporting France and Britain.

4. Who provided Shirer's transmitters for his reports on the war?
(a) The French.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Polish.
(d) The BBC.

5. When were Norway and Denmark invaded?
(a) June 9, 1940.
(b) April 9, 1941.
(c) April 19, 1940.
(d) April 9, 1940.

6. What did Shirer notice when he visited the Calais front?
(a) The German positions were well-armed.
(b) The Germans had low moral.
(c) The British troops sabotaged everything.
(d) The German positions were well-camouflaged.

7. When did the Germans first bomb Paris?
(a) August 1, 1940.
(b) June 1, 1940.
(c) June 3, 1941.
(d) June 3, 1940.

8. When did Britain give its answer to Hitler's peace offering?
(a) July 22.
(b) July 30.
(c) July 24.
(d) July 29.

9. Where did the signing of the armistice between France and Germany take place?
(a) In the Parliament building.
(b) In the Louvre.
(c) The same place where was the 1918 armistice was signed.
(d) In Versaille.

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

11. Where did Shirer say the Germans were amassing troops on February 1940?
(a) The Belgium Border.
(b) The Russian border.
(c) The French border.
(d) The Dutch border.

12. Where did Shirer want Tess and Eileen to go following Germany's move against the Benelux countries?
(a) To France.
(b) To Switzerland.
(c) To America.
(d) To Spain.

13. What responsibility did Germany refuse after the conquest of the territories made in 1939-1940?
(a) The protection of the civilians against looters.
(b) Feeding the people in the occupied territories.
(c) The moving of the refugees.
(d) The moving of the Jews to Germany.

14. Where did Hitler and Mussolini meet on October 4, 1940?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Rome.
(c) Bremer.
(d) Zurich.

15. What did the government declare Paris to be in June 1940?
(a) A lost cause.
(b) An open city.
(c) A free zone.
(d) A point of resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Germany's main supplier of iron in 1940?

2. What did Shirer say the German newspapers announced on May 9, 1949 according to Part II, pgs.331-369?

3. When was Geneva bombed according to Shirer?

4. When did Shirer return to Berlin?

5. What did Shirer notice when visiting the front on May 20, 1940?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 439 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample