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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What was the name of the American representative that arrived in Germany in early 1940?
(a) Rich Esterner.
(b) Summer Welles.
(c) Joseph Stopistz.
(d) Geoge Can.

4. When did the Germans start bombing the Stromness and Kinkwall bases?
(a) March 18, 1940.
(b) March 17, 1940.
(c) March 17, 1941.
(d) June 17, 1940.

5. Where were the Italians fighting on September 1940?
(a) Syria.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Greece.
(d) Egypt.

6. When did Shirer say he and other journalists traveled to the front in Belgium and Holland?
(a) May 9, 1940.
(b) June 19, 1940.
(c) May 19, 1941.
(d) May 19, 1940.

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

8. 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) Germany offered peace to France.
(d) Most of his friends had left the city.

9. What city did Shirer say was under siege by Goering Luftwaffe?
(a) Brest.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Dunkirk.

10. How long did the German plan account for the total destruction of the Royal Air Force (RAF)?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 20 weeks.

11. What did Shirer say many of the journalists did in Belgium?
(a) Fled to England.
(b) Found memorabilia of the war.
(c) Shopped for things impossible to find in Germany.
(d) Transmitted news without censors.

12. What right did the broadcaster have regarding censorship?
(a) To have forwards saying that it was censored.
(b) To broadcast what they wanted.
(c) They had the right to decline to broadcast.
(d) To leave the country.

13. Why didn't Shirer want Tess to leave through Paris?
(a) There was no plan for Spain in Paris.
(b) Paris was full of fleeing civilians.
(c) Germans would reach it before she did.
(d) It was too much of a trip for her and the child.

14. Who did Shirer meet at the hotel after arriving in Paris in June 1940?
(a) Ken Brokman.
(b) Murrow.
(c) Elis Swetmann.
(d) Walter Kerr and Demaree Bess.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who removed time bombs according to Shirer in Part II, pgs. 492-552?

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

3. What were the prisoners promised for removing the time bombs dropped by the British?

4. Where was General von Reichenau's command headquarters on May 20, 1940?

5. When did Shirer return to Berlin after the armistice signature between France and Germany?

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