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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 did Stevenson watch England do?

2. What was HYDRA?

3. What was now known to the public about Roosevelt and the British?

4. How did Donovan delay Hitler's invasion?

5. Why did the Roosevelt administration keep Joseph Kennedy in London for as long as possible?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the King and Queen of England go and what did the King make clear?

2. What did Stevenson notice about Germany during his inspections?

3. How did Stevenson and Donovan try to delay Hitler's invasion of Russia?

4. Describe the growth of the Intrepid network into Bermuda.

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

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

7. What was the Phony War?

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

9. What was the problem with the sea lanes and what is done?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a time of one-hundred-and-fifty days that was known as the "Phony War." This consisted of communications between Churchill, coded "Naval Person" and Roosevelt coded "POTUS." Discuss the following:

1. Research the "Phony War" and write a brief informative essay about how it affected Great Britian, France, Germany and the United States.

2. Do you think anything could have been done during the Phony War to have averted a world war?

3. What event(s) precipitated the phony war into the real war? At this point, was war inevitable? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Without Adolf Hitler's rise to power, WWII may never have occurred--at least on the European front; therefore, an understanding of the state of Germany at that time is essential to understanding many of the references in the book. Discuss the following:

1. Research and write an informative essay on the state of Germany during the 2 decades prior to the outbreak of WWII. What is the economy like? What are the major political parties? What do they stand for? What is the make-up of the German society as far as religious, racial and class?

Essay Topic 3

Hitler was expanding his terror bombing to other English cities. Warning those population centers would give away their capability to break the German codes. No warnings were given. Later, when coded messages are broken about Hitler's imminent invasion of Russia, the intelligence community warns Russia but is not taken seriously because the BSC will not reveal their source. Discuss the following:

1. Is it moral to hold back information to save innocent civilian lives in order to keep Germany from knowing that its codes were compromised?

2. Many people would argue that it is for the greater good that some people had to suffer (i.e., those in cities who are bombed without warning). Does the concept of the "greater good" apply in this situation? Why or why not.

3. Do you think Russia could have done things any differently even if they had been warned about Hitler's imminent invasion? Explain fully. (This may require some research).

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