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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 did Shirer return after the armistice signature between France and Germany?
(a) Rome.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

2. Where were the Italians fighting on September 1940?
(a) Syria.
(b) Greece.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Morocco.

3. Who arrived in Berlin on November 12, 1940?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Molotov.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Shirer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Italy enter the war against France?

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

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

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

5. Who removed time bombs according to Shirer in Part II, pgs. 492-552?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Shirer wonder about himself?

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

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

4. What did Shirer feel about the British?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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