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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Marigold Churchill when she died?
(a) 2 years and 9 months.
(b) 1 year and 11 months.
(c) 4 years and 8 months.
(d) 3 years and 2 months.

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

4. In early September, how long did Goring tell Goebbels that the war would go before ending?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

5. In May of 1940, how many Americans opposed a declaration of war?
(a) 87%.
(b) 42%.
(c) 93%.
(d) 61%.

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

7. How many paintings, sculptures, and tapestries did Goring confiscate from Jewish households?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 900.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 1,400.

8. When did German aircraft begin bombing targets on the English mainland for the first time?
(a) June 5.
(b) June 7.
(c) June 1.
(d) June 4.

9. For how many years did Hess serve as Hitler's private secretary?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 11.

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

11. When did Hitler order Goring to begin preparations for an assault on London?
(a) August 29.
(b) August 31.
(c) August 26.
(d) August 27.

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

13. When did Gay Margesson visit Colville in London and they saw the Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus?
(a) July 11.
(b) July 10.
(c) July 7.
(d) July 13.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On July 2, how many Wehrmacht divisions did Hitler demobilize?

2. From where did Goring and two senior Luftwaffe officers watch the start of the Luftwaffe's attack on London?

3. On August 15, how many aircraft were in the attack?

4. How many consecutive nights of bombing occurred over London in 1940 to 1941?

5. What was the date of a photograph from an attack on Freiburg, Germany, that Goebbels planned to use for propaganda?

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