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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the target of the German bombs on November 14?
(a) London.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Coventry.

2. In the electoral college, how did Roosevelt win?
(a) 389 to 126.
(b) 449 to 82.
(c) 437 to 94.
(d) 394 to 120.

3. When was it announced that Halifax would become the new ambassador to the U.S.?
(a) December 23.
(b) December 21.
(c) December 20.
(d) December 22.

4. On January 15, what destroyer did Churchill, Clementine, Hopkins, Ismay, and Halifax board?
(a) HMS Calcutta.
(b) HMS Sikh.
(c) HMS Savage.
(d) HMS Napier.

5. When did Virginia Woolf commit suicide?
(a) March 19.
(b) March 31.
(c) March 8.
(d) March 28.

6. When did Churchill give Beaverbrook the post of Minister of State?
(a) May 1,
(b) May 4.
(c) May 3.
(d) May 2.

7. What type of soup was served Roosevelt and Harriman in Chapter 78?
(a) Vegetable.
(b) Spinach.
(c) Potato.
(d) Lobster Bisque.

8. On January 14, what time did Churchill retire for the evening?
(a) 2:30 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 3:30 a.m.

9. When did Archibald Wavell, British generall in Libya, telegram Churchill that conditions were deteriorating?
(a) April 10.
(b) April 8.
(c) April 9.
(d) April 7.

10. What was the number of the bill introduced in Congress that later became the Lend-Lease Act?
(a) H.R. 1776.
(b) H.R. 1809.
(c) H.R. 1564.
(d) H.R. 1611.

11. By what margin did the Lend-Lease Bill pass?
(a) 60 to 31.
(b) 89 to 2.
(c) 70 to 21.
(d) 50 to 41.

12. How much did it cost on January 15 to test-fire a prototype of an experimental anti-aircraft weapon?
(a) $6,400.
(b) $5,200.
(c) $3,300.
(d) $4,800.

13. When did the Admiralty conduct its first full-scale test of the Prof's aerial mines?
(a) December 29.
(b) December 28.
(c) December 26.
(d) December 27.

14. In May what equipment was Beaverbrook working to increase production like he had for aircraft?
(a) Tanks.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Guns.
(d) Radar.

15. In December how many planes could the Air Minsitry not account for out of 8,500?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 3,500.
(c) 150.
(d) 580.

Short Answer Questions

1. On December 29, how much of London's financial district was destroyed by the KGr100?

2. How many weeks was Hopkins' visit to England?

3. In February how many tons of shipping were destroyed by U-boats, aircraft, and mines?

4. What did the private secretaries get Clementine for Christmas?

5. When did Mary Churchill learn of the sking of the City of Benares?

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