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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Graf Spee sink?
(a) December 14, 1940.
(b) December 13, 1939.
(c) December 14, 1939.
(d) October 14, 1939.

2. Who did the German propaganda say threatened the Reich in August 1939?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

3. What French prime minister resigned after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I, pgs. 4-44?
(a) Doumergue.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Daladier.
(d) De Gaulle.

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

5. When did the Italians enter Albania according to Shirer?
(a) April 7, 1940.
(b) March 7, 1939.
(c) April 7, 1939.
(d) April 17, 1939.

6. Who did Shirer say met in London on July 14?
(a) Murrow and the European staff.
(b) Daladier.
(c) His parents.
(d) His wife.

7. When did Hitler review his troops in Warsaw?
(a) October 5, 1940.
(b) June 5, 1939.
(c) October 5, 1939.
(d) October 6, 1939.

8. Who did Germany take off the air on October 19, 1939?
(a) CBS.
(b) NBC and CBS.
(c) CNN.
(d) ABC.

9. Who was named head of the government after the demonstration Shirer described in Part I?
(a) Doumergue.
(b) Daladier.
(c) De Gaulle.
(d) Chamberlin.

10. Where did Shirer spend Christmas in 1939?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Geneva.

11. Where did the Shirers and Knickerbockers vacation in June 1936?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Austria.
(d) Yugoslavia.

12. Who did Murrow make arrangements with to procure radio transmitters in December 1939?
(a) The German army.
(b) The BBC.
(c) The French army.
(d) NBC.

13. How did Shirer describe the life in Berlin one week after the start of the war in Part II?
(a) Normal.
(b) Slow.
(c) Fearful.
(d) In hiding.

14. When was Shirer offered a position in Berlin?
(a) August 9, 1934.
(b) August 19, 1935.
(c) September 9, 1934.
(d) October 9, 1934.

15. What was Shirer's first assignment with his new employer in 1937?
(a) Russia's military purge.
(b) France's presidential election.
(c) The Power Conference in Brussels.
(d) Hitler's speech in Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shirer say he had to have approved by the German censors before broadcast in May 1937?

2. What law did Roosevelt ask Congress to repeal after Germany's attack on Poland?

3. When was Shirer in Paris according to Part I?

4. What did Czechoslovakia refuse to do after the British/Germany meeting in September 1938?

5. What did the Russians do on December 1, 1939?

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