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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) 17,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 16,000.
(d) 18,000.

2. The first week of May, what month was the weather more like than spring?
(a) February.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) December.

3. By what margin did the Lend-Lease Bill pass?
(a) 89 to 2.
(b) 50 to 41.
(c) 70 to 21.
(d) 60 to 31.

4. In Chapter 5, how many more aircraft did British strategists believe that the Germans had compared to the RAF?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 2 times.

5. When did Mary attend London's yearly debutante ball in 1941?
(a) March 9.
(b) March 8.
(c) March 6.
(d) March 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Churchill refuse Lord Beaverbrook's resignation?

2. When did John Colville have his medical interview for the RAF?

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

4. At what time on the night of the debutante ball did a bomb fall to the basement dance floor of the Cafe de Paris?

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

(see the answer key)

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