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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. What did the Germans do in retaliation for the bombing of Berlin?
(a) They stopped offering humanitarian aid.
(b) They bombed London.
(c) They executed prisoners of war.
(d) They stopped taking prisoners.

2. What illness did Shirer catch in Part II, pgs. 289-330?
(a) Small pox.
(b) A common cold.
(c) Gangrene.
(d) The flu.

3. What did Shirer see in Berlin on September 18, 1940?
(a) Hospital trains unloading the wounded.
(b) Transfer of Jews to concentration camps.
(c) British prisoners of war.
(d) Civilians wounded.

4. When were Hitler's plans for the new order revealed?
(a) August 25, 1940.
(b) July 26, 1940.
(c) July 25, 1941.
(d) July 25, 1940.

5. Who did Shirer meet at the hotel after arriving in Paris in June 1940?
(a) Elis Swetmann.
(b) Ken Brokman.
(c) Murrow.
(d) Walter Kerr and Demaree Bess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the Dutch and Belgian troops not trying to slow down the German army?

2. What was the name of the American representative that arrived in Germany in early 1940?

3. Why didn't Shirer want Tess to leave through Paris?

4. What prevented many German public schools from opening according to Shirer?

5. Who was elected President of the United States on November 6, 1940?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Germans begin in mid-August?

2. What did Shirer wonder about himself?

3. Which of Hitler's plans were revealed on July 25?

4. What marked the end of the Reich's second phase?

5. Who did Shirer interview in Part II, pgs. 369-409 and what did Shirer notice?

6. What did Shirer conclude about the French and what did many feel?

7. What did a speech given by Roosevelt on June 11 promise?

8. Why did Hitler refuse to allow the publication of casualty lists according to Shirer?

9. How much of the Parisian population had fled in Part II, pgs. 409-450 when Shirer arrived in Paris?

10. What ceremony did Shirer cover on June 21?

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