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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tess Shirer stay to await the birth of their first child?
(a) The Riviera.
(b) England.
(c) Berlin.
(d) The Alps.

2. What did Shirer say Hitler spoke of to foreign leaders when they visited?
(a) Food supply.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Germany's highways.

3. What general did Shirer interview on January 8, 1940?
(a) Ernt Udet.
(b) Rommel.
(c) Fritz.
(d) Guderian.

4. When did Tess Shirer return to Germany according to Part I, pgs. 83-124?
(a) October 1937.
(b) September 1938.
(c) October 1938.
(d) September 1937.

5. Who did Murrow make arrangements with to procure radio transmitters in December 1939?
(a) The BBC.
(b) The German army.
(c) The French army.
(d) NBC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did William Shirer do during the year prior to the start of Part I, pgs. 4-44?

2. What did the Czech government reply to Hitler's demands?

3. When did the Italians enter Albania according to Shirer?

4. Who did Shirer meet in Paris on October 8, 1938?

5. What was Shirer's daughter's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, pgs. 44-83, what did Hitler disregard and what argument was made?

2. Why did Shirer have to hire other reporters?

3. What happened on September 30?

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

5. What did the Czechoslovakian government claim in Part I, pgs. 125-165 and what did Shirer do?

6. What pact was announced in November and what did it call for?

7. What made the German people realize how close the war was?

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

9. What did Shirer note about the party rally on September 14?

10. What did the Shirers and Knickerbockers do in June?

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