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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: One Year to the Day to Epilogue: As Time Went By.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the war end in Europe?
(a) May 3, 1945.
(b) May 17, 1945.
(c) May 8, 1945.
(d) May 24, 1945.

3. How long would the fuel that the RAF fighters carried keep them flying?
(a) 110 minutes.
(b) About 2 hours.
(c) 95 minutes.
(d) About 1 1/2 hours.

4. When a formation of German bombers mistakenly bombed London, where was a church damaged?
(a) Chelsea.
(b) Cripplegate.
(c) Covent Garden.
(d) Clerkenwell.

5. During the first six days of January, how much snow accumulated in Birmingham?
(a) 13 inches.
(b) 11 inches.
(c) 15 inches.
(d) 8 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. On March 9 what time did Churchill go to bed?

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

3. How dod Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, make his fortune?

4. When did Germany and Russia sign a nonagression pact?

5. During Battle of Britain Day, how many aircraft did the Germans lose?

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