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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was canceled due to the protests of the royalty of various countries?
(a) STRIKE OX.
(b) OX BLOW.
(c) HAMMER BLOW.
(d) ORE GONE.

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

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

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

5. Who was Admiral Wilhelm Canaris?
(a) Heydrich's first cousin.
(b) Heydrich's father-in-law.
(c) Heydrich's brother-in-law.
(d) Hitler's brother-in-law.

6. What company did Stevenson form with two other men?
(a) Canadian Wire Service.
(b) British Broadcasting Company.
(c) American Telephone and Telegraph.
(d) British Arts Corporation.

7. What did Stevenson discover through his message interception network?
(a) Hitler's plans for Latin America.
(b) Hitler's plans for India.
(c) Hitler's plans for China.
(d) Hitler's plan to send assassins to the United States and England.

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

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

10. To where was the Government Code and Cipher School relocated?
(a) Dover.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Bletchley.
(d) Essex.

11. What did Hitler want destroyed before invading England?
(a) The munitions factories.
(b) The British Navy.
(c) The Intelligence network.
(d) The Royal Air Force.

12. Who was Colin Gubbins?
(a) The head of the Baker Street Irregulars.
(b) The Polish labor leader.
(c) A Canadian who cracked the Enigma machine.
(d) A close advisor of King George V.

13. Where was Stevenson shot down in WWI?
(a) Southern Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) New Guinea.

14. What was Roosevelt's coded name in his correspondence with Churchill?
(a) CAESAR.
(b) MARCUS.
(c) OSCAR.
(d) POTUS.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Stevenson working on to aid in code breaking?

2. How did Donovan delay Hitler's invasion?

3. What did Stevenson's London office serve as?

4. What did Stevenson want to use in breaking codes?

5. In what was the Black Chamber involved?

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