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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When did Hitler offer peace to Britain?
(a) July 15, 1941.
(b) June 15, 1940.
(c) July 19, 1940.
(d) July 15, 1940.

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

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

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

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

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

10. When did Shirer say a victory parade was held in Berlin after the victory against the France?
(a) August 15, 1940.
(b) July 18, 1941.
(c) July 18, 1940.
(d) July 19, 1940.

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

12. When did the French government sign an armistice with Germany?
(a) June 21, 1941.
(b) July 21, 1940.
(c) June 21, 1940.
(d) June 2, 1940.

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

14. When did Shirer return to Berlin after the armistice signature between France and Germany?
(a) June 28, 1940.
(b) June 27, 1941.
(c) June 27, 1940.
(d) July 27, 1940.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provided Shirer's transmitters for his reports on the war?

2. When did Shirer return to Berlin after visiting the western front in Europe?

3. When were Norway and Denmark invaded?

4. Where was Shirer on May 21, 1940 according to Part II, pgs. 369-409?

5. What was required of the French delegation in order to sign an armistice with Italy?

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