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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: A Certain Eventuality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Operation Dynamo, how many men had Churchil estimated would be evacuated from France?
(a) 55,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 65,000.

2. For how many years did Hess serve as Hitler's private secretary?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

3. What battle fleet did Vice Admiral Sir J. F. Somerville have at his disposal for Operation Catapult?
(a) 25 ships and an aircraft carrier.
(b) 20 ships and an aircraft carrier.
(c) 17 ships and an aircraft carrier.
(d) 27 ships and an aircraft carrier.

4. At what temperature was the water for Churchill's baths?
(a) 95.
(b) 98.
(c) 93.
(d) 90.

5. In Chapter 7, how long ago had John Colville asked Gay Margesson to marry him?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 11 months.
(d) 9 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough name their son when they were not allowed to name him after Churchill?

2. When did German aircraft begin bombing targets on the English mainland for the first time?

3. When was the RAF Bomber Command established?

4. How many errors did a typist, Elizabeth Layton, make in a 27-page speech?

5. When did Hitler issue Directive No. 16 and prepare for a landing operation against England?

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