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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of an allowance did Mary Churchill receive monthly?
(a) $15.
(b) $20.
(c) $25.
(d) $30.

2. When did the Reichstag, Germany's legislature, begin meeting in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1933.

3. When did the British bomb Berlin for the first time?
(a) August 27.
(b) August 25.
(c) August 26.
(d) August 28.

4. In 1940, when did President Roosevelt convene a cabinet meeting discussing the new English prime minister?
(a) May 11.
(b) May 24.
(c) May 19.
(d) May 30.

5. How men died on the Bretagne on July 3?
(a) 1,153.
(b) 1,348.
(c) 1,498.
(d) 1,297.

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

7. At what temperature was the water for Churchill's baths?
(a) 95.
(b) 98.
(c) 93.
(d) 90.

8. When did Britain declare war on Germany?
(a) November 1, 1939.
(b) December 20, 1939.
(c) September 3, 1939.
(d) October 11, 1939.

9. When was the RAF Bomber Command established?
(a) May 11, 1917.
(b) April 1, 1918.
(c) March 3, 1916.
(d) June 3, 1918.

10. What was Chamberlain's nickname?
(a) Firestarter.
(b) Old Man.
(c) The Coroner.
(d) Blunderbuss.

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

12. When Galland applied to the German Airline Pilot School, how many applications were submitted?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 18,000.

13. How many died in the British attack on Berlin on August 25?
(a) 0.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 24.

14. When did a BBC radio team stationed itself on the Dover cliffs and gave a report of an aerial battle as it occured.
(a) July 15.
(b) July 12.
(c) July 11.
(d) July 14.

15. How many men were evacuated from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo?
(a) 409, 138.
(b) 279,186.
(c) 118,799.
(d) 338,226.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the French sign an armistice with Hitler?

2. For shooting down how many aircraft was Adolf Galland, German ace, awarded a third Knight's Cross in July of 1940?

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

4. In May of 1940, how many Americans opposed a declaration of war?

5. What date did Basil Collier, a leading Battle of Britain historian, say set the world on course toward Hiroshima?

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