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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Churchill refuse Lord Beaverbrook's resignation?
(a) July 3.
(b) July 6.
(c) July 5.
(d) July 1.

2. What was the date of a photograph from an attack on Freiburg, Germany, that Goebbels planned to use for propaganda?
(a) May 1, 1940.
(b) May 30, 1940.
(c) May 17, 1940.
(d) May 10, 1940.

3. On the day of Churchill's speech about the battle at Mers el-Kebir, where did 20 German dive-bombers attack?
(a) Isle of Sheppey.
(b) Isle of Man.
(c) Isle of Arran.
(d) Isle of Portland.

4. When did France fall?
(a) June 15.
(b) June 19.
(c) June 17.
(d) June 21.

5. On August 13, how many German bombers assembled and began making their way toward England?
(a) Around 175.
(b) 215.
(c) 180.
(d) Well over 200.

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

7. Who is America's ambassador to Britain in 1940?
(a) Joseph Kennedy.
(b) Lewis Douglas.
(c) Walter Gifford.
(d) John Winant.

8. How old was Winston Churchill in 1940?
(a) 64.
(b) 67.
(c) 65.
(d) 63.

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

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

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

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

13. When did the French sign an armistice with Hitler?
(a) June 22.
(b) June 30.
(c) June 20.
(d) June 28.

14. On July 2, how many Wehrmacht divisions did Hitler demobilize?
(a) 42.
(b) 38.
(c) 40.
(d) 36.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What weekly tea ration was set in place that remained in effect until 1952?

2. How many errors did a typist, Elizabeth Layton, make in a 27-page speech?

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

4. By September 7, how many barges were in the Belgian city of Ostend, when a week earlier there had been only 18?

5. What operational range did Galland's fighers have?

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