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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 General von Reichenau's command headquarters on May 20, 1940?
(a) In an air field.
(b) In a tank.
(c) In a country chateau.
(d) In an underground bunker.

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

3. Who did Shirer meet at the hotel after arriving in Paris in June 1940?
(a) Walter Kerr and Demaree Bess.
(b) Murrow.
(c) Elis Swetmann.
(d) Ken Brokman.

4. What was required of the French delegation in order to sign an armistice with Italy?
(a) Give away their Navy.
(b) Fly to Italy.
(c) Speak only Italian.
(d) Travel to Nice.

5. What did Shirer say the Germans attempted on September 16, 1940?
(a) A landing in England.
(b) Invasion of Russia.
(c) Negotiating the surrender of Gibraltar.
(d) To enter Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hitler demand of England in order to talk peace?

2. What was the name of the American representative that arrived in Germany in early 1940?

3. What shortage did Shirer describe as being worse than ever?

4. When was Berlin bombed for the first time?

5. Where was the only accessible place in western continental Europe where one could take a plane or boat to the Americas in October 1940?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Shirer feel about the British?

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

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

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