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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. When did the Dutch army surrender to the Germans?
(a) May 4, 1940.
(b) May 14, 1941.
(c) May 14, 1940.
(d) May 14, 1939.

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

6. When were Tess and Eileen supposed to leave for the Americas according to Part II, pgs. 532-575?
(a) Mid-October.
(b) Start of October.
(c) End of September.
(d) End of October.

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

8. When did Shirer return to Berlin?
(a) February 2, 1940.
(b) January 23, 1940.
(c) February 23, 1941.
(d) February 23, 1940.

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

10. What did Shirer notice about the Dutch and Belgium retreat?
(a) They did not blow up the bridges.
(b) They did not form partisan groups.
(c) They did not lay land mines.
(d) They did not attack Germany's rears.

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

12. When did the Germans start their air attack of England?
(a) Mid October.
(b) Mid June.
(c) Mid September.
(d) Mid August.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitler demand of England in order to talk peace?

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

3. What did Shirer say the Germans attempted on September 16, 1940?

4. When were the Germans entering Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg?

5. When did Tess and Eileen depart Geneva?

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