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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Archibald Wavell, British generall in Libya, telegram Churchill that conditions were deteriorating?

2. When did the Lend-Lease Bill pass in the U.S. House of Representatives?

3. In the electoral college, how did Roosevelt win?

4. On April 13, to what meridian did Roosevelt say that the American naval security zone in the North Atlantic would include?

5. In Chapter 92, when was Mary's diary entry dated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Roosevelt discuss in his Fireside Chat on December 29?

2. Why did Goring summon Galland and Werner Molders to his hunting lodge in East Prussia?

3. Regarding the September 7 raid, what did Beaverbrook want David Farrer to do?

4. What was said about British evacuations in Chapter 89?

5. In Chapter 90, what was the damage in Plymouth?

6. Who was William Averell Harriman?

7. How close did the king and queen come to getting bombed?

8. Why was Hopkins accompanied by a British security agent as he flew back to the United States?

9. Why was there a gloomy mood at Chequers the first of April?

10. When was a parliamentary debate on Churchill's handling of the war take place and what were the results?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Beaverbrook constantly submitted his resignation to Churchill. How many times did Beaverbrook resign? How many times did Churchill refuse his resignation? What did their back and forth regarding the resignations reveal about tenacity?

Essay Topic 2

Mary and his friends attended a debutante ball and partied the night of March 8. What was happening while Mary and her friends were at the ball? What happened to the Café de Paris? Were Mary and her friends irresponsible with their party going or were they just trying to make life as normal as possible?

Essay Topic 3

Churchill wanted Roosevelt to give Britain old U.S. destroyers. Why did Churchill want Roosevelt to give Britain old U.S. destroyers? How did Churchill and Roosevelt get the destroyers to England? Were they deceitful in their actions?

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