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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. Why didn't Shirer want Tess to leave through Paris?
(a) It was too much of a trip for her and the child.
(b) There was no plan for Spain in Paris.
(c) Paris was full of fleeing civilians.
(d) Germans would reach it before she did.

2. When did Shirer return to Berlin after visiting the western front in Europe?
(a) June 1, 1941.
(b) June 11, 1940.
(c) May 1, 1940.
(d) June 1, 1940.

3. Why were the Dutch and Belgian troops not trying to slow down the German army?
(a) They were pro-Germany.
(b) They were overwlemed too quickly.
(c) They were poorly trained.
(d) They were poorly commanded.

4. What shortage did Shirer describe as being worse than ever?
(a) Food.
(b) Oil.
(c) Iron.
(d) Coal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Parisians fled Paris in June 1940?

2. When did Britain give its answer to Hitler's peace offering?

3. What strain did Shirer say began to take a toll on the German people?

4. When did the Germans first bomb Paris?

5. When was Berlin bombed for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Shirer wonder about himself?

7. What ceremony did Shirer cover on June 21?

8. What happened between March 13 and March 17?

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

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

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