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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Chequers become the offical country home of British prime ministers?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1916.

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

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

4. When did Churchil refer to London as Hitler's primary target in a speech to the House of Commons?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1933.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How much was the overdraft of Churchill's bank account on June 18?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $300,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $100,000.

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

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

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

15. When did the first full moon of Churchill's premiership occur?
(a) May 27.
(b) May 30.
(c) May 24.
(d) May 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Reichstag, Germany's legislature, begin meeting in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin?

2. When did Mary Churchill write her mother and ask permission to leave Breccles Hall?

3. What battle fleet did Vice Admiral Sir J. F. Somerville have at his disposal for Operation Catapult?

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

5. How old was Marigold Churchill when she died?

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