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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 signing of the armistice between France and Germany take place?
(a) In Versaille.
(b) In the Parliament building.
(c) In the Louvre.
(d) The same place where was the 1918 armistice was signed.

2. Where was Shirer on July 4, 1940?
(a) In Poland with the 5th Panzer army.
(b) With Hitler in the Alps.
(c) With his family in Geneva.
(d) In Berlin with Murrow.

3. Where were the Italians fighting on September 1940?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Syria.
(c) Greece.
(d) Egypt.

4. When were Tess and Eileen supposed to leave for the Americas according to Part II, pgs. 532-575?
(a) Mid-October.
(b) Start of October.
(c) End of October.
(d) End of September.

5. What city did the Germans take on May 26, 1940?
(a) Calais.
(b) Brest.
(c) Paris.
(d) Dunkirk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Germans tell the journalists they flew to Hamburg?

2. How many Parisians fled Paris in June 1940?

3. What did Shirer say Hitler would not be able to do even if he won the war?

4. Where was Shirer on September 16, 1940?

5. Where was General von Reichenau's command headquarters on May 20, 1940?

Short Essay Questions

1. What countries did Germany invade on May 10 and how did Germans justify the invasion?

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

3. What ceremony did Shirer cover on June 21?

4. What happened to all of Shirer's broadcasts?

5. What did many journalists do in Belgium?

6. Who signed the military pact on September 27 according to Part II, pgs. 532-575 and what did Shirer feel about Hitler's ability?

7. What do Tess and Eileen do on October 23?

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

9. What happened to the dismay of the Germans on November 6?

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

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