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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 15, 1940.
(c) July 18, 1940.
(d) July 16, 1940.

3. What country does Italy march into on October 23, 1940?
(a) The Levant.
(b) Greece.
(c) Syria.
(d) Morocco.

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

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

6. Where was Shirer on May 21, 1940 according to Part II, pgs. 369-409?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Aachen.
(c) London.
(d) Prague.

7. What strain did Shirer say began to take a toll on the German people?
(a) Lack of food.
(b) Lack of coal.
(c) Lack of oil.
(d) Lack of sleep because of the bombing.

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

9. What prevented many German public schools from opening according to Shirer?
(a) Lack of coal.
(b) The arrest of Jewish teachers.
(c) The draft.
(d) Lack of oil.

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

11. Why did Shirer think his usefulness as a journalist in Berlin was over?
(a) Because there was nothing to report.
(b) Because he could not transmit.
(c) Because he could not find the truth.
(d) Because of the censorship.

12. Who removed time bombs according to Shirer in Part II, pgs. 492-552?
(a) Polish prisoners of war.
(b) French prisoners of war.
(c) Concentration camp prisoners.
(d) Common rights prisoners.

13. Who signed a peace agreement on March 13, 1949?
(a) Russia and Finland.
(b) France and Russia.
(c) France and Italy.
(d) England and Germany.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the French government sign an armistice with Germany?

2. What did Shirer say he asked himself at the end of September 1940?

3. When did the Germans start bombing the Stromness and Kinkwall bases?

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

5. When did the Germans start their air attack of England?

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