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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 book did Hitler write in the early 1920s?
2. Why couldn't Roosevelt be openly pro-war?
3. What was the name of the reports Bletchley was producing?
4. What did Stevenson discover through his message interception network?
5. What company did Stevenson form with two other men?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Churchill appoint Stevenson to and out of where does he operate?
2. What did Stevenson want of Roosevelt, and why was Roosevelt dragging his feet?
3. How were reports sent out from Bermuda?
4. How was intelligence work in England and the United States developing during the time just before the outbreak of WWII?
5. What was the problem with the sea lanes and what is done?
6. What efforts were being made in the field of intelligence and codes among countries that would eventually be at war?
7. Describe the growth of the Intrepid network into Bermuda.
8. Discuss Camp X.
9. How did William Stevenson get into the field of communications?
10. What was the Phony War?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The book is concerned with the beginnings of modern-day intelligence gathering services. There have always been spies between enemies--but Stevenson's work takes the gathering of information to a much higher level of sophistication.
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of spying throughout the book. Why do countries spy on each other? Is it an honorable occupation? Legal? Necessary? Give examples of how spying created advantages for the Allies. For the Axis.
2. Trace and analyze the creation and continued perfecting of technology used to enhance the gathering of intelligence. Did either the Allies or Axis have superior technology? What is the technology? Why does one side (if so) have more sophisticated technology over the other?
3. In many countries, spying, though considered necessary, is also looked at with a certain degree of distaste. Trace and analyze the attitude toward spies and spying in the book. Are spies considered honorable? What happens to spies caught behind enemy lines? Is spying moral?
Essay Topic 2
Roosevelt wanted American action to guarantee the British supply lines but was limited by public opinion. American advisers were sent to Britain. The role of the American crew on the British plane was kept a secret for thirty-two years. Discuss the following:
1. In a democracy that is supposedly for and by the people, is it right to keep information from the public when it is no longer of any strategic significance? Discuss this idea fully.
2. Research and discuss the "Freedom of Information Act" and how it may have affected the release of information to the American public during WWII or shortly thereafter.
3. Do you think most governments keep too many secrets? Or not enough? Discuss in light of A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War and your own research.
Essay Topic 3
In chapter 19, the narrator states that Ambassador Kennedy remained in London until Hitler began bombing London. The Roosevelt administration kept Kennedy in London as long as possible because they were afraid he would campaign against Roosevelt. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ambassador Joseph Kennedy. How are they alike? How are they different? Compare their political views. How do they differ as regards the war in Europe? On what do they agree about the war in Europe?
2. Do you think it is an ethical move to keep a potential candidate away in order to win an election? What about the in view of the fact that Joseph Kennedy is in a potentially dangerous situation?
3. Why do you think Roosevelt believed he was the best person for the job of President of the United States when the country is on the brink of war? (This may require a little research).
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