View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Germany justify their entering Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg?
(a) They were not supporting Germany.
(b) England and France were planning to invade through them.
(c) They were supporting France and Britain.
(d) They were planning on invading Germany.

2. What right did the broadcaster have regarding censorship?
(a) They had the right to decline to broadcast.
(b) To have forwards saying that it was censored.
(c) To leave the country.
(d) To broadcast what they wanted.

3. Where did the signing of the armistice between France and Germany take place?
(a) In Versaille.
(b) In the Parliament building.
(c) The same place where was the 1918 armistice was signed.
(d) In the Louvre.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Germany's main supplier of iron in 1940?

2. When did Italy enter the war against France?

3. What did Shirer notice when he visited the Calais front?

4. What was required of the French delegation in order to sign an armistice with Italy?

5. Where was Shirer on September 16, 1940?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What ceremony did Shirer cover on June 21?

4. What happened between March 13 and March 17?

5. What did many journalists do in Belgium?

6. What did Shirer wonder about himself?

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

8. What did Shirer conclude about the French and what did many feel?

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

10. What did a speech given by Roosevelt on June 11 promise?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 649 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample