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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information did Shirer say was forbidden to broadcast in March 11-12, 1938?
(a) The Nazis were in power in Austria.
(b) The Hindenburg burst into flames.
(c) The Nazis opened fire on a peaceful protest.
(d) Hitler opened the first concentration port.

2. What did Shirer say continued in Germany in Part II, pgs.248-289?
(a) The building of concentration camps.
(b) The military build-up.
(c) Massing troops on the French border.
(d) Execution of traitors.

3. Who did Shirer say was refused entry by the secret police?
(a) Daladier.
(b) Hans Kaltenborn.
(c) John Delerte.
(d) Kassy Herkel.

4. Where did Shirer drive to on September 18, 1939?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) The front near Danzig.
(d) Warsaw.

5. What was stationed at Kiel and Hamburg?
(a) The German army.
(b) Prisoners of war camps.
(c) The Luftwaffe.
(d) The German Fleet.

6. How long ago did Shirer say the last military action took place in Part II, pgs. 248-289?
(a) 19 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 months.

7. Where did Shirer meet Murrow on January 18, 1940?
(a) Paris.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) London.
(d) Rotterdam.

8. Where would Shirer be based with his new employer?
(a) Prague.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Vienna.

9. What general did Shirer interview on January 8, 1940?
(a) Fritz.
(b) Guderian.
(c) Ernt Udet.
(d) Rommel.

10. When was Shirer in Paris according to Part I?
(a) February 1935.
(b) August 1934.
(c) January 1934.
(d) February 1934.

11. Over what nation did Mussolini triumph in May 1936?
(a) Syria.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Algeria.
(d) Ethiopia.

12. Where did Tess Shirer stay to await the birth of their first child?
(a) England.
(b) The Riviera.
(c) The Alps.
(d) Berlin.

13. Where did Hitler give his speech after the surrender of the Poles?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Warsaw.

14. What did Czechoslovakia refuse to do after the British/Germany meeting in September 1938?
(a) Go to war with Germany.
(b) Hold a plebiscite for the Sudentland.
(c) Give Hitler the Sudentland.
(d) Sign a pact with England.

15. Where was Shirer on December 10, 1939?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Italians enter Albania according to Shirer?

2. What did Shirer cover on February 1936 according to Part I, pgs. 44-83?

3. Who was named head of the government after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I?

4. What did Shirer quote to say that Hitler was preparing for war?

5. What happened at the demonstration Shirer covered at the Place de la Concorde?

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