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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 weekly tea ration was set in place that remained in effect until 1952?

2. How many sorties did the Luftwaffe fly on August 15?

3. How many paintings, sculptures, and tapestries did Goring confiscate from Jewish households?

4. When did Churchill refuse Lord Beaverbrook's resignation?

5. When did France fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some terms of the French armistice?

2. What happened to the bits of metal that filled the skies in August?

3. Why did Lindemann think his mother was selfish before he was born?

4. What was Chequers?

5. How was Churchill able to sleep?

6. On June 29, what place did the Germans seize and occupy?

7. On September 7, where did Goring and two senior Luftwaffe officer go and why?

8. What did Goebbels think woud happen after the French signed an armistice with Hiter on June 22?

9. How successful was the evacuation of British soldiers from Dunkirk in June?

10. What technology did the British develop before the war, and how useful was it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lindemann served as Churchill’s personal scientific advisor. How did Lindemann’s enemies portray him? What was Lindemann like in private? How was Lindemann a different man in public and in private?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a book is the highest point of tension in the narrative and a turning point. What is the climax of The Splendid and the Vile and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or people?

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