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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 plans were begun in August 1941?

2. Where did the French have gold hidden?

3. From where had the last four men of the assassination team come?

4. Who seemed to have the greatest chance of being first to develop the atomic bomb?

5. What did Bohr begin to work on in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What countries were trying to develop the atomic bomb and which country had the advantage?

3. What was the American involvement in the war at this point (May, 1941)?

4. Describe the problems that were occurring in the British and American intelligence communities after TORCH.

5. What did J. Edgar Hoover get angry and how does Stevenson try to appease the man?

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

7. How did the Germans retaliate for the death of Heydrich and what was the result of the Germans' actions?

8. What did the Brits do to even the research race for the atomic bomb?

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

10. Describe the assassination of Heydrich.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Politics plays an integral and important role in much of Stevenson's work and in how the various factions side with either the Allies or Axis powers. Discuss the following:

1. Discuss three situations in the book where politics plays a critical role in the outcome of the situation. Who are the principle players? What are the issues involved? Were there any "dirty" politics involved?

2. Is there any way to keep politics and war separate? Would it be a good idea to do so? Why or why not.

3. Do you feel any differently to Roosevelt knowing he chose to keep a potential challenger unable to do so? Do you think Roosevelt had the best chance of guiding the United States through WWII?

Essay Topic 2

TRICYCLE delivered information of a planned Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, using the tactics the British had used at Taranto. J. Edgar Hoover did not find TRICYCLE to be credible and he was moved to Camp X. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one man (in this case, J. Edgar Hoover) should have the power to decide on his own to not take action that could result in grave consequences?

2. Hoover is often presently as an adversary in A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War. Thoroughly trace and analyze the information given about Hoover in A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War. Do you think the information is biased? Why or why not? How would you rate Hoover's professional performance based upon what you have learned in A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War. Use examples to back up your statements.

3. Compare/contrast J. Edgar Hoover to William Stevenson. 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? How do they compare on their views of the need for and use of intelligence gathering activities?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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