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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By May 1941, how much was collected for the Spitfire Fund?
(a) $673 million.
(b) $915 million.
(c) $703 million.
(d) $832 million.

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

3. When did Mary Churchill write her mother and ask permission to leave Breccles Hall?
(a) September 3.
(b) September 2.
(c) September 1.
(d) September 4.

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

5. When did Goring marry Emmy Sonnemann?
(a) May 9, 1935.
(b) March 3, 1935.
(c) June 28, 1935.
(d) April 10, 1935.

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

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

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

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

10. What size was the German bomb named Satan?
(a) 14 feet and 5,000 pounds.
(b) 12 feet and 3,700 pounds.
(c) 13 feet and 4,000 pounds.
(d) 11 feet and 3,900 pounds.

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

12. On August 14 how many aircraft were lost?
(a) 9 Luftwaffe and 18 RAF aircraft.
(b) 10 Luftwaffe and 11 RAF aircraft.
(c) 19 Luftwaffe and 8 RAF aircraft.
(d) 21 Luftwaffe and 5 RAF aircraft.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lord Beaverbrook tender his resignation?

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

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

4. How old was Winston Churchill in 1940?

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

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