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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 enabled the the invasion fleet for North Africa pass through the Straights of Gibraltar?

2. What was Brazil being used as by the Nazis?

3. With whom did CYNTHIA form liaisons?

4. What did the Germans spend years doing prior to WWII in the United States?

5. When did Heydrich die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Niels Bohr and why are the British interested in him?

2. Where did Bohr and his son, Aage, ultimately end up?

3. What did the narrator write about the Vichy French?

4. Discuss operation TORCH.

5. Describe the assassination of Heydrich.

6. Why did Bohr eventually leave Denmark and where does he go?

7. How did the BSC set up Hitler to believe that Heydrich's death was "in the stars"?

8. Describe how the Bismarck was encountered in Norwegian waters by the Hood.

9. At what did operation JUBILEE succeed?

10. Who did Bohr send out of Denmark with his notes and what happened?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Plans for the assassination of Heydrich began in August 1941, even through they didn't carry out the plot until after Pearl Harbor. As Heydrich lay in a hospital dying, the Germans began a series of retributions by killing one hundred Czechs every evening. More killings followed as houses were searched. The people were killed in the village where the assassins had landed. The village of Lidice was burned to the ground. Discuss the following:

1. Is the act of assassination honorable? Justifiable? Should governments such as the United States condone and assist in assassinations? What about the idea of a fair trial? Does an assassination take that idea into account? Should it?

2. Do you think the BSC and OSS would have carried out the assassination of Heydrich had they known of the probable consequences? Why or why not? Was the assassination of one man worth the death of hundreds more?

3. Thoroughly discuss Henrich Heydrich and his role in the Nazi war machine and atrocities carried out by the Nazis.

Essay Topic 2

King George V makes it clear he will not leave England if the Germans invade and will not collaborate with any German puppet government. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think King George's actions are admirable? Why or why not?

2. Research the monarchs of several other European countries and compare/contrast the actions of three other countries to that of King George in response to the threats from the Germans.

3. How do you think you would have responded as a King/Queen were Hitler to invade your country? Explain fully.

Essay Topic 3

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?

2. Read the book, Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and write an informative essay about the ideas in the book.

3. Research and discuss Hitler's rise to power. What does he offer the German people? How is he received? Why do you think so many Germans listened to him?

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