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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 was Messersmith reluctant to fulfill Diels' request?
(a) He made a promise to Himmler.
(b) He found Martha's affairs revolting.
(c) He was forbidden to intervene by the State Department.
(d) He didn't like Diels.

2. What did Fortune magazine refer to Dodd as in Chapter 28?
(a) A cheapskate.
(b) A good man.
(c) A weak man.
(d) Man of the year.

3. What did Phillips accuse Dodd of in Chapter 29?
(a) A Nazi sympathizer.
(b) Weak in the face of the Nazi.
(c) A communist.
(d) Mismanagement.

4. What did Dodd tell the reporters who met him at his return to the U.S. in Chapter 33?
(a) That war was in the future,
(b) That war was not in the near future.
(c) That Hitler was a nice gentleman.
(d) That we shall know peace in our time.

5. What was the German Vice-consul who came to Dodd bringing?
(a) A letter from Hitler to Dodd.
(b) A letter from Himmler to Dodd.
(c) A letter from Himmler to Roosevelt.
(d) A letter from Hitler to Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dodd surprised to see in every town and village according to Chapter 11?

2. Who took over the Gestapo after Diels?

3. What did Dodd encourage the State Department officials to do?

4. Who did Martha have to thank for attending the "great Reichstag Building arson trial" according to Chapter 22?

5. Who prevented the police from conducting a real investigation according to the defense ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dodd rather enjoy in Chapter 35?

2. What did Boris mock and ridicule in Chapter 23?

3. What did the Reichstag Buiilding trial provide in Chapter 22?

4. Why were the Dodds surprised in Chapter 11?

5. What did Dachau become?

6. What did Hitler send word of at a lunch?

7. What contrast is noted between Hitler's physical presence and him speaking in Chapter 20?

8. How did things change rather abruptly in October 1933 according to Chapter 18?

9. Who was Bella Fromm and why was she distracted in Chapter 26?

10. What did Soviet superiors think of Martha in Chapter 37?

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