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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 did Tess and Eileen depart Geneva?
(a) October 24, 1940.
(b) October 23, 1941.
(c) October 23, 1940.
(d) September 23, 1940.

2. Who arrived in Berlin on November 12, 1940?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Shirer.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Molotov.

3. What strain did Shirer say began to take a toll on the German people?
(a) Lack of coal.
(b) Lack of food.
(c) Lack of oil.
(d) Lack of sleep because of the bombing.

4. When were the Germans entering Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg?
(a) May 10, 1941.
(b) July 10, 1940.
(c) May 1, 1940.
(d) May 10, 1940.

5. What did Shirer notice when visiting the front on May 20, 1940?
(a) There were no Allied airplanes to direct the firing.
(b) They were abandoning their equipment.
(c) They were surrendering.
(d) They were not fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Shirer say a victory parade was held in Berlin after the victory against the France?

2. When did Shirer return to Berlin after the armistice signature between France and Germany?

3. When did the Germans first bomb Paris?

4. Where did Shirer say the Germans were amassing troops on February 1940?

5. What right did the broadcaster have regarding censorship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Shirer feel about the British?

5. What did Shirer believe about Nazi propaganda according to Part II, pgs. 492-552?

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

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

8. What ceremony did Shirer cover on June 21?

9. What did the German press report on July 15 according to Part II, pgs. 451-492?

10. What did the Germans announce that they did not accept responsibility for?

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