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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. In May throughout the United Kingdom, how many civilians were killed by German raids?
(a) 6,428.
(b) 3,908.
(c) 4,731.
(d) 5,612.

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

3. When did the Church of England propose that a day of prayer be held and all munitions plants close?
(a) September 15, 1940.
(b) September 29, 1940.
(c) September 11, 1940.
(d) September 8, 1940.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Marigold Churchill when she died?

2. Between September 7, 1940 and May 11, 1941, how many London citizens were killed?

3. What was the best time that Churchill's driver could make from Down Street to Chequers?

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

5. To what police station was Hess taken on May 10?

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