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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 was Shirer on September 16, 1940?
(a) In London.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In Geneva.
(d) In Prague.
2. Where did Shirer say the Germans were amassing troops on February 1940?
(a) The Russian border.
(b) The French border.
(c) The Belgium Border.
(d) The Dutch border.
3. Why didn't Shirer want Tess to leave through Paris?
(a) Germans would reach it before she did.
(b) It was too much of a trip for her and the child.
(c) There was no plan for Spain in Paris.
(d) Paris was full of fleeing civilians.
4. What illness did Shirer catch in Part II, pgs. 289-330?
(a) The flu.
(b) Gangrene.
(c) Small pox.
(d) A common cold.
5. When were Norway and Denmark invaded?
(a) April 9, 1941.
(b) June 9, 1940.
(c) April 19, 1940.
(d) April 9, 1940.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Geneva bombed according to Shirer?
2. Where was the only accessible place in western continental Europe where one could take a plane or boat to the Americas in October 1940?
3. What shortage did Shirer describe as being worse than ever?
4. Against what country did Germany, Japan and Italy sign a military pact against according to Part II, pgs. 532-575?
5. Who provided Shirer's transmitters for his reports on the war?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to the dismay of the Germans on November 6?
2. What ceremony did Shirer cover on June 21?
3. What did Shirer conclude about the French and what did many feel?
4. What did Shirer wonder about himself?
5. Why did Hitler refuse to allow the publication of casualty lists according to Shirer?
6. What did the German press report on July 15 according to Part II, pgs. 451-492?
7. What did many journalists do in Belgium?
8. Which of Hitler's plans were revealed on July 25?
9. What did newspaper headlines in Germany on May 9 announce and what did Shirer believe according to Part II, pgs. 331-369?
10. What did the German troops do on May 1?
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