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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shirer say the Berliners knew about Nazi propaganda after the first bomb drop on Berlin?

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

3. Who was elected President of the United States on November 6, 1940?

4. When were Tess and Eileen supposed to leave for the Americas according to Part II, pgs. 532-575?

5. What did Shirer say Germany could not survive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened to the public schools in Berlin as of February according to Part II, pgs. 289-330?

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

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

9. What countries did Germany invade on May 10 and how did Germans justify the invasion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the Versailles Treaty and discuss the ramifications of the treaty, such as limitations on the size of the Germany Army, changes in the economy, limitations on industrial work, and other effects. Students should also discuss how Hitler violated the Versailles Treaty by forming an army. Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

President Roosevelt requested that the neutrality law be repealed in order to supply Allied troops against the Germans. Students should discuss the neutrality law and the role that President Roosevelt and Americans had in World War II. Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

The Germans justified the invasion by saying that other countries, such as Poland, were planning to invade. Students should examine how Germans justified the invasion and whether it was plausible. Students should use the text and secondary sources to support their discussion.

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