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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what time on August 13 did the RAF have more than 100 fighters airborne?
(a) Around 3 p.m.
(b) About 4 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.

2. How dod Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, make his fortune?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Grocery business.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Banking.

3. When did the Churchills begin transferring their belongings to 10 Downing Street?
(a) June 19.
(b) June 21.
(c) June 14.
(d) June 11.

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

5. How far was the Churchill family estate from London?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

6. When were Pamela and Randolph Churchill married?
(a) September 21, 1939.
(b) October 4. 1939.
(c) November 8, 1939.
(d) August 10, 1939.

7. What city did the German bombers who hit Frieburg, Germany, think they were attacking?
(a) Tours, France.
(b) Normandy, France.
(c) Reims, France.
(d) Dijon, France.

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

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

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

11. 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 14.
(b) July 15.
(c) July 12.
(d) July 11.

12. What battle fleet did Vice Admiral Sir J. F. Somerville have at his disposal for Operation Catapult?
(a) 25 ships and an aircraft carrier.
(b) 17 ships and an aircraft carrier.
(c) 27 ships and an aircraft carrier.
(d) 20 ships and an aircraft carrier.

13. What was the name of Lindemann's valet?
(a) Harvey.
(b) David.
(c) Michael.
(d) William.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In early September, how long did Goring tell Goebbels that the war would go before ending?

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

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

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

5. In August, what date was set for the invastion of England?

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