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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 countries did Tess make plans to leave Germany through?
(a) Russia.
(b) Spain and Portugal.
(c) Britain.
(d) France and Morocco.

2. What did the Germans hope the Americans would do in the territories occupied in 1939-1940?
(a) Supply food.
(b) Supply oil.
(c) Supply money.
(d) Supply lodging.

3. What did Shirer learn after arriving in Paris in June 1940?
(a) Most of his friends were still in Paris.
(b) Most of his friends had left the city.
(c) Germany offered peace to France.
(d) France refused to surrender.

4. What were the prisoners promised for removing the time bombs dropped by the British?
(a) Better accommodations.
(b) A quick death.
(c) Better food.
(d) Release.

5. What did Shirer say the Berliners knew about Nazi propaganda after the first bomb drop on Berlin?
(a) They were vulnerable.
(b) They were being lied to.
(c) The Luftwaffe was not as powerful as they thought.
(d) The war was started.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Shirer catch in Part II, pgs. 289-330?

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

3. What was Shirer amazed with when he reached Paris in Part II, pgs. 409-450?

4. When did the Germans start bombing the Stromness and Kinkwall bases?

5. Who signed a peace agreement on March 13, 1949?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the public schools in Berlin as of February according to Part II, pgs. 289-330?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Shirer feel about the British?

9. What did many journalists do in Belgium?

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

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