The Splendid and the Vile Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Splendid and the Vile Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: Love Amid the Flames.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On April 24 and 25, how many British troops fled Greece?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 16,000.

2. How much did it cost on January 15 to test-fire a prototype of an experimental anti-aircraft weapon?
(a) $6,400.
(b) $5,200.
(c) $3,300.
(d) $4,800.

3. How far was the Churchill family estate from London?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 15 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

4. To what newspaper did an American correspondent telegraph secret information about the Vichy government?
(a) Denver Post.
(b) Los Angeles Times.
(c) Houston Chronicle.
(d) Chicago Daily News.

5. When did the Admiralty conduct its first full-scale test of the Prof's aerial mines?
(a) December 26.
(b) December 28.
(c) December 27.
(d) December 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of respondents reported getting no sleep on the night of September 11?

2. On January 15, what destroyer did Churchill, Clementine, Hopkins, Ismay, and Halifax board?

3. What was the date of a photograph from an attack on Freiburg, Germany, that Goebbels planned to use for propaganda?

4. What operational range did Galland's fighers have?

5. From where did Goring and two senior Luftwaffe officers watch the start of the Luftwaffe's attack on London?

(see the answer key)

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