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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. Who did Shirer say Hitler met with in February 1938?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Schuschnigg.
(d) Chamberlin.

2. What city did Shirer go to after Danzig?
(a) Prague.
(b) Paris.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Berlin.

3. What did most of the correspondents at the Taverne feel that the French could do in March 1936 according to Shirer?
(a) They could stop Hitler in Rhineland.
(b) They could depose Hitler.
(c) They could stop Hitler in Switzerland.
(d) They could invade Germany.

4. 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 Anglo-French pact.
(d) The Franco-Soviet pact.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Shirer say was refused entry by the secret police?

3. Who did Germany take off the air on October 19, 1939?

4. What general did Shirer interview on January 8, 1940?

5. Where did the Shirers and Knickerbockers vacation in June 1936?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Roosevelt ask Congress?

2. What happened when Shirer returned home to Geneva and what arrangement did Murrow make according to Part II, pgs. 248-289?

3. What did Hitler say in his speech on September 17 according to Part II, pgs. 207-248?

4. What did Shirer do on January 8, 1940?

5. What happened on November 7 and 8?

6. What did Shirer inform the Germans of?

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

8. What happened on September 30?

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

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

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