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

2. What did the Germans tell the journalists they flew to Hamburg?
(a) That they could see whatever they wanted.
(b) They had to be supervised.
(c) They were free to go back to England.
(d) They were prisoners of the Third Reich.

3. What did Shirer notice about the Dutch and Belgium retreat?
(a) They did not attack Germany's rears.
(b) They did not lay land mines.
(c) They did not form partisan groups.
(d) They did not blow up the bridges.

4. Where did Shirer want Tess and Eileen to go following Germany's move against the Benelux countries?
(a) To Spain.
(b) To France.
(c) To America.
(d) To Switzerland.

5. When did the Germans start their air attack of England?
(a) Mid August.
(b) Mid September.
(c) Mid October.
(d) Mid June.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Shirer return to Berlin?

2. What strain did Shirer say began to take a toll on the German people?

3. What did the government declare Paris to be in June 1940?

4. Where did the signing of the armistice between France and Germany take place?

5. Where were the Italians fighting on September 1940?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the rest of Hitler's massive air assault never fully implemented?

2. What did newspaper headlines in Germany on May 9 announce and what did Shirer believe according to Part II, pgs. 331-369?

3. What did Shirer wonder about himself?

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

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

6. What was the state of the media by September?

7. What did Shirer notice when he traveled to the front on May 19?

8. What did the German troops do on May 1?

9. Why was Shirer in Lausanne on April 23 and when did he return to Berlin?

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

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