View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pact did Hitler use as an excuse to violate a treaty in March 1936?
(a) The Franco-Russian pact.
(b) The Anglo-Polish pact.
(c) The Franco-Soviet pact.
(d) The Anglo-French pact.

2. How much of the German population supported Hitler breaking the treaty in March 1936?
(a) 65%.
(b) 99%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 95%.

3. When did the Russian Army invade Poland?
(a) September 17, 1939.
(b) September 17, 1940.
(c) June 17, 1939.
(d) September 7, 1939.

4. Until when did Shirer say Hitler would continue the war?
(a) France apologized.
(b) Germany was given a seat at the society of nations.
(c) As long as France and England continued the war.
(d) Russia was defeated.

5. Where did Shirer meet Murrow on January 18, 1940?
(a) Rotterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Amsterdam.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Shirer return to Geneva?

2. What did Hitler demand in a speech on September 12, 1938 according to Part I, pgs. 125-165?

3. When did Shirer arrive in Danzig?

4. Where did the Nazis fight the Heimsehr?

5. Who does Shirer say came to him for help in going to England or America?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why couldn't Shirer work in Austria and what did Tess do?

2. Where did Shirer travel on February 12?

3. What happened on November 7 and 8?

4. What happened on December 10 and why was this significant?

5. What did Roosevelt ask Congress?

6. What did Shirer say about going to Berlin?

7. What did Shirer inform the Germans of?

8. What broadcast did Shirer do in May 1937?

9. What happened on September 1, 1939?

10. What were Americans in Berlin advised of at the end of August?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 525 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample