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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one thing Stevenson saw a value in during the time between world wars?
(a) Autopiloted bombers.
(b) Early warning systems.
(c) Autopiloted missles.
(d) Radio-controlled satellites.

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

3. Who overthrew Prince Regent Paul?
(a) General Francisco Franco.
(b) Antonio Salazar.
(c) Tito.
(d) Carl Mannerheim.

4. What did the British capture just before the invasion of Poland by Germany?
(a) An Enigma machine.
(b) A list of German spies in England.
(c) One of Germany's top intelligence officers.
(d) A book of codes from WWI which were made more complex.

5. Why weren't warnings given to some British cities of imminent German attack?
(a) It would give away the knowledge that the Brits had broken the German codes.
(b) To get the Brits incensed against the Germans.
(c) To confuse the Germans.
(d) They did warn them.

6. What did Stevenson specialize in at Oxford?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Veterinary medicine.
(c) Radio communications.
(d) Electronics.

7. How did the Germans communicate with their vessels?
(a) Semaphore.
(b) Radio via the Enigma.
(c) Secret meetings on uninhabited islands.
(d) Documents written in invisible ink.

8. With whom did King George V say he would not collaborate?
(a) Poland.
(b) Any German puppet government.
(c) Russia.
(d) Sweden.

9. What was Stevenson's BSC busy doing?
(a) Recruiting members.
(b) Keeping supply lines open.
(c) Protecting intelligence.
(d) Conducting a propaganda war.

10. Where did Ian Fleming train?
(a) Camp A.
(b) Camp X.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Manitoba.

11. What did Stevenson want to use in breaking codes?
(a) A counterpart to the Enigma.
(b) A greater budgetary allowance.
(c) A computer.
(d) A network of scientist each working on one aspect.

12. In what country was Chamberlain most interested?
(a) Italy.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) The United States.

13. Who traveled to London to meet with the King?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Joseph Kennedy.
(c) Truman.
(d) Bill Donovan.

14. Where did the BSC or British Security Coordination establish its headquarters?
(a) New York City.
(b) London.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Washington, D. C.

15. In what was the Black Chamber involved?
(a) Rescuing Jews from Germany.
(b) Codes and ciphers.
(c) Radio operations in France.
(d) Working on nuclear fusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Stevenson discover through his message interception network?

2. Where was William Stevenson born?

3. What was Donovan investigating?

4. What was canceled due to the protests of the royalty of various countries?

5. What book did Hitler write in the early 1920s?

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