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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. When the war in Europe began, how many men did the U.S. Army have?
(a) 153,000.
(b) 167,000.
(c) 174,000.
(d) 181,000.

2. When did the first full moon of Churchill's premiership occur?
(a) May 30.
(b) May 27.
(c) May 24.
(d) May 21.

3. When did Churchill order the start of Operation Dynamo?
(a) May 26.
(b) May 20.
(c) May 31.
(d) May 27.

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

5. How many errors did a typist, Elizabeth Layton, make in a 27-page speech?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the overdraft of Churchill's bank account on June 18?

2. How many men were evacuated from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo?

3. When did Gay Margesson visit Colville in London and they saw the Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus?

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

5. How men died on the Bretagne on July 3?

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