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

2. When did the rationing of food in Germany start?
(a) Start of August 1939.
(b) End of August 1940.
(c) End of June 1939.
(d) End of August 1939.

3. When did the Graf Spee sink?
(a) December 14, 1939.
(b) December 13, 1939.
(c) December 14, 1940.
(d) October 14, 1939.

4. Who offered to mediate peace talks between Germany, France and England?
(a) Japan.
(b) The United States.
(c) Spain.
(d) Holland and Belgium.

5. Who did Shirer say met in London on July 14?
(a) His wife.
(b) Daladier.
(c) His parents.
(d) Murrow and the European staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Shirer be based with his new employer?

2. What did Shirer say he had to have approved by the German censors before broadcast in May 1937?

3. Where did Shirer spend Christmas in 1939?

4. What did Hitler deny after presenting his plan to have Germany self-sufficient in raw materials?

5. What did Shirer cover on February 1936 according to Part I, pgs. 44-83?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on September 1, 1939?

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

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

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

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

6. What happened on April 10, 1938?

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

8. What did Shirer say about going to Berlin?

9. What happened on September 30?

10. Where did Shirer travel on February 12?

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