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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In August, what date was set for the invastion of England?
(a) September 21.
(b) September 3.
(c) September 15.
(d) September 30.

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

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

4. What weekly tea ration was set in place that remained in effect until 1952?
(a) 2 ounces.
(b) 3 ounces.
(c) 5 ounces.
(d) 4 ounces.

5. When did the Church of England propose that a day of prayer be held and all munitions plants close?
(a) September 8, 1940.
(b) September 29, 1940.
(c) September 11, 1940.
(d) September 15, 1940.

6. What operational range did Galland's fighers have?
(a) 125 miles.
(b) 130 miles.
(c) 160 miles.
(d) 170 miles.

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

8. During the second raid on Berlin, how many died and were wounded?
(a) 10 died and 21 were wounded.
(b) 11 died and 9 were wounded.
(c) 5 died and 18 were wounded.
(d) 17 died and 6 were wounded.

9. In Chapter 22, how many people were killed in Aberdeen, Scotland, when a single bomber attacked?
(a) 35.
(b) 68.
(c) 43.
(d) 51.

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many sorties did the Luftwaffe fly on August 15?

3. In 1940, when did President Roosevelt convene a cabinet meeting discussing the new English prime minister?

4. When did Hitler issue Directive No. 16 and prepare for a landing operation against England?

5. When did a BBC radio team stationed itself on the Dover cliffs and gave a report of an aerial battle as it occured.

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