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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Dread.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After postponing the date a couple time, when did Gorin set Eagle Day, his campaign against the RAF?
(a) August 9.
(b) August 11.
(c) August 13.
(d) August 17.

2. What date did Basil Collier, a leading Battle of Britain historian, say set the world on course toward Hiroshima?
(a) August 11.
(b) August 19.
(c) August 27.
(d) August 24.

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

4. How many of the crew from the German bomber that Colville and Moyra saw at Horse Pasture Farm were killed?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. How many sorties did the Luftwaffe fly on August 15?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 1,600.
(d) 1,800.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, when did Churchill meet with Prime Minister Reynaud in Briare, France?

2. When did the Church of England propose that a day of prayer be held and all munitions plants close?

3. When did Hitler order Goring to begin preparations for an assault on London?

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

5. When a formation of German bombers mistakenly bombed London, where was a church damaged?

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