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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Stevenson watch England do?
(a) Try to defeat Hitler with propaganda.
(b) Try to pacify Hitler.
(c) Try to institute a new intelligence system.
(d) Try to appease Mussolini.

2. What concession did Stevenson gain from the United States?
(a) That Germany would be the focal point of the United States' war effort.
(b) Stevenson got none of the concessions that he wanted.
(c) That the United States would send several shiploads of supplies daily to England.
(d) That the United States would begin training many more covert operators.

3. Of what did Roosevelt have to convince Americans?
(a) To declare war on Japan.
(b) To sacrifice personal comforts.
(c) To support England.
(d) To enlist voluntarily.

4. What was Hitler's invasion of Russia code named?
(a) Barbarossa.
(b) Czargone.
(c) Operation Snow.
(d) White Christmas.

5. For what type of network were plans made?
(a) Escape.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Radio.
(d) Resistance.

6. What could Stevenson see as he inspected German factories?
(a) The Germans had advanced mechanical technology.
(b) The Germans were hiding weapons production.
(c) The Germans were obeying the terms of the treaty from WWI.
(d) The Germans were using what was basically slave labor.

7. Why couldn't Stevenson force Roosevelt's hand to declare war?
(a) The declaration has to come from Congress.
(b) Stevenson wanted willing allies; not ones forced into the position.
(c) Stevenson was told not to get involved by the King.
(d) Roosevelt might balk and dig in his heels on staying out of the war.

8. What did Stevenson investigate about an aspect of the Phony War?
(a) Why new codes were harder to devise than old codes broken.
(b) Why the codes were being broken.
(c) How the German Ambassador intercepts communication between Churchill and Roosevelt.
(d) How quickly communications could happen.

9. What was the status of British finances at the time?
(a) Far worse than bankrupt.
(b) Close to bankrupt.
(c) Recently boosted by a war bond drive.
(d) Augmented by countries unwillingly under German control.

10. What was Stevenson's cover occupation?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Passport control officer.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Ambulance driver.

11. What shook Britain from its complacency?
(a) The destruction of the heavy water facility.
(b) Russia's invasion of Norway.
(c) Germany's invasion of Norway.
(d) Germany's invasion of Portugal.

12. Who was Noor Inayat Kahn?
(a) A spy who worked for the Nazis in the United States.
(b) An Indian-born British citizen who works as a spy in France.
(c) The Prime Minister of India.
(d) A spy who worked for the Nazis in Russia.

13. Who did Stevenson want to bring into Bletchley?
(a) American intelligence agents.
(b) Canadian intelligence agents.
(c) French intelligence agents.
(d) Swedish intelligence agents.

14. What did the network of amateur Swede code breakers intercept?
(a) Germany's intent to cross the English channel.
(b) Finland's intent to give the British full access to their heavy water.
(c) Russia's intent to invade Finland.
(d) Germany's intent to invade Poland.

15. Why did Hitler fail to crush the British troops in France?
(a) Because of Bletchely correctly analyzing and anticipating German plans.
(b) Supply lines were cut off.
(c) Poor equipment.
(d) Too many resistance fighters sabotaging the efforts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Stevenson establish in Bermuda?

2. Who did the Brits warn about Hitler's plans?

3. What were the Americans doing in the field of codes?

4. Where was Hitler in the early 1920s?

5. Where did Ian Fleming train?

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