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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. When did Shirer return to Geneva?
(a) September 5, 1939.
(b) October 5, 1939.
(c) October 9, 1939.
(d) October 9, 1940.

2. Where did the Shirers and Knickerbockers vacation in June 1936?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Austria.

3. How did Shirer describe the life in Berlin one week after the start of the war in Part II?
(a) Normal.
(b) Slow.
(c) In hiding.
(d) Fearful.

4. Where was Shirer on September 12, 1938?
(a) Prague.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

5. What did Shirer cover on February 1936 according to Part I, pgs. 44-83?
(a) Hitler's oath of office.
(b) The Winter Olympics.
(c) The 3rd communist party congress.
(d) The Summer Olympics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the Austrian voters voted to join the Reich on April 10, 1938?

2. What law did Roosevelt ask Congress to repeal after Germany's attack on Poland?

3. Who did Shirer say Hitler met with in February 1938?

4. Where was Shirer in the start of Part I pg.165-206?

5. Where was Shirer on December 10, 1939?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Shirer travel on February 12?

2. What did the author spend a year doing at the start of the Berlin Diary, Part I, pgs. 4-44?

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

4. What did war correspondents discuss in August in Berlin according to Part I, pgs. 165-206?

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

6. What did Shirer say about going to Berlin?

7. What happened to a large portion of the Polish population by the end of January?

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

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

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

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