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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. What was a serious problem for British shipping?
(a) Finances.
(b) Lack of qualified sea captains.
(c) Age of equipment.
(d) German U-boats.

2. What did the United States government say publicly about the war?
(a) They deplored the war.
(b) They believed the British should have made peace with Germany.
(c) They believed the British cannot win the war.
(d) They did not intend to enter the war.

3. What was already in place when Hitler took the Channel Islands?
(a) The British organization for guerrilla warfare against the Germans was already in place.
(b) The mine fields in the channel.
(c) The Royal Navy underwater demolition teams.
(d) The netword of Island resistance.

4. What was talked about to help the Brits?
(a) Raising a volunteer army to augment British forces.
(b) Loaning war equipment.
(c) Selling war bonds to Americans for England.
(d) Giving wartime grants.

5. Where was Roosevelt vacationing at the opening of Chapter 26?
(a) Peru.
(b) The Caribbean.
(c) The Pacific Northwest.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the status of British finances at the time?

2. For what type of network were plans made?

3. Where did Noor Inayat Kahn die?

4. Where was William Stevenson born?

5. Who had German agents tailing him in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Stevenson and Donovan doing just before Hitler's invasion of Russia?

2. How did Donovan become more involved with Stevenson's work?

3. What efforts were being made in the field of intelligence and codes among countries that would eventually be at war?

4. What did Heydrich try to accomplish by his party in New York City?

5. What did Stevenson want of Roosevelt, and why was Roosevelt dragging his feet?

6. What was taking place in Germany in the early 1920s and how does that influence Stevenson?

7. What was the Phony War?

8. Give a few facts about William Stevenson.

9. How was it evident that the United States was headed for war?

10. How did William Stevenson get into the field of communications?

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