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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Shirer on September 16, 1940?
(a) In Geneva.
(b) In London.
(c) In Prague.
(d) In Paris.

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

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

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

6. What did the Germans do in retaliation for the bombing of Berlin?
(a) They bombed London.
(b) They executed prisoners of war.
(c) They stopped taking prisoners.
(d) They stopped offering humanitarian aid.

7. What did the Germans hope the Americans would do in the territories occupied in 1939-1940?
(a) Supply oil.
(b) Supply money.
(c) Supply lodging.
(d) Supply food.

8. Who arrived in Berlin on November 12, 1940?
(a) Shirer.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Molotov.
(d) Stalin.

9. What did the Germans tell the journalists they flew to Hamburg?
(a) They had to be supervised.
(b) That they could see whatever they wanted.
(c) They were free to go back to England.
(d) They were prisoners of the Third Reich.

10. What city did the Germans take on May 26, 1940?
(a) Calais.
(b) Brest.
(c) Dunkirk.
(d) Paris.

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

12. Where was Shirer on July 4, 1940?
(a) With Hitler in the Alps.
(b) With his family in Geneva.
(c) In Berlin with Murrow.
(d) In Poland with the 5th Panzer army.

13. What did Shirer notice when visiting the front on May 20, 1940?
(a) They were not fighting.
(b) They were abandoning their equipment.
(c) They were surrendering.
(d) There were no Allied airplanes to direct the firing.

14. When did Shirer return to Berlin after visiting the western front in Europe?
(a) June 1, 1941.
(b) May 1, 1940.
(c) June 1, 1940.
(d) June 11, 1940.

15. What did Shirer think Hitler's reason was for signing that military pact?
(a) He wanted Italy on his side.
(b) He could not easily win against England.
(c) He wanted Japan's access to oil.
(d) He wanted to attack Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Shirer want Tess and Eileen to go following Germany's move against the Benelux countries?

2. What did Shirer notice when he visited the Calais front?

3. What was Shirer amazed with when he reached Paris in Part II, pgs. 409-450?

4. What responsibility did Germany refuse after the conquest of the territories made in 1939-1940?

5. What shortage did Shirer describe as being worse than ever?

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