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

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

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

4. Where did Shirer return on December 1, 1939?
(a) Prague.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Berlin.

5. When did Shirer first see Hitler?
(a) September 14, 1935.
(b) September 9, 1934.
(c) August 19, 1934.
(d) September 14, 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Shirer describe the life in Berlin one week after the start of the war in Part II?

2. Who did the German propaganda say threatened the Reich in August 1939?

3. Who did Shirer say met in London on July 14?

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

5. Who offered to mediate peace talks between Germany, France and England?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened on September 30?

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

4. Where did Shirer travel on February 12?

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

6. What happened on September 1, 1939?

7. What happened on April 10, 1938?

8. What happened on November 7 and 8?

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

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

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