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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 the only accessible place in western continental Europe where one could take a plane or boat to the Americas in October 1940?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Lisbon, Portugal.
(c) Madrid, Spain.
(d) Dunkirk, France.

2. What did Shirer see as he arrived at his hotel on May 21, 1940?
(a) French bombers.
(b) Italian bombers.
(c) British bombers.
(d) German bombers.

3. What did Shirer say Germany could not survive?
(a) The propaganda war.
(b) The war on terror.
(c) The economic war.
(d) The military war.

4. What prevented many German public schools from opening according to Shirer?
(a) The draft.
(b) Lack of oil.
(c) Lack of coal.
(d) The arrest of Jewish teachers.

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. When did Shirer return to Berlin after visiting the western front in Europe?

2. What did Shirer say many of the journalists did in Belgium?

3. Where was Shirer on September 16, 1940?

4. Where was Shirer on July 4, 1940?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Shirer feel about the British?

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

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

5. What did many journalists do in Belgium?

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

7. What did the Germans begin in mid-August?

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

9. What happened to the dismay of the Germans on November 6?

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

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