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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 Hitler attack at the start of Part II?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) England.
(d) Austria.

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

3. What law did Roosevelt ask Congress to repeal after Germany's attack on Poland?
(a) The neutrality law.
(b) The friend of France law.
(c) The anti-British law.
(d) The Germany law.

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

5. Where did the Nazis fight the Heimsehr?
(a) In Austria.
(b) In Britain.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returned to Berlin in August 1939?

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

3. Who was the Austrian president in February 1938?

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

5. Where did Shirer spend Christmas in 1939?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on April 10, 1938?

2. What happened on September 1, 1939?

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

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

5. What happened on November 7 and 8?

6. What did Roosevelt ask Congress?

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

8. What did Shirer work on while Tess and Eileen were in America?

9. What was announced at a press conference on March 16 and what did people wonder?

10. What broadcast did Shirer do in May 1937?

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