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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Reinhard Heydrich?
(a) He worked in the German foreign intelligence.
(b) He tried to assassinate Hitler before WWII ever started.
(c) He was a German working for the British in Germany.
(d) He was captured with the German code book.

2. What was talked about to help the Brits?
(a) Selling war bonds to Americans for England.
(b) Raising a volunteer army to augment British forces.
(c) Giving wartime grants.
(d) Loaning war equipment.

3. For what did the Brits trade some of their technology and secrets?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Arms and munitions.

4. Who overthrew Prince Regent Paul?
(a) Carl Mannerheim.
(b) General Francisco Franco.
(c) Antonio Salazar.
(d) Tito.

5. In what country was Chamberlain most interested?
(a) The United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

6. Where was Roosevelt vacationing at the opening of Chapter 26?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) The Pacific Northwest.
(c) Peru.
(d) The Caribbean.

7. What concession did Stevenson gain from the United States?
(a) That the United States would begin training many more covert operators.
(b) That Germany would be the focal point of the United States' war effort.
(c) That the United States would send several shiploads of supplies daily to England.
(d) Stevenson got none of the concessions that he wanted.

8. Who was Colin Gubbins?
(a) A Canadian who cracked the Enigma machine.
(b) The Polish labor leader.
(c) A close advisor of King George V.
(d) The head of the Baker Street Irregulars.

9. Where did Churchill make several trips while the Germans were invading?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Belgium.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

10. What was a serious problem for British shipping?
(a) Finances.
(b) Lack of qualified sea captains.
(c) German U-boats.
(d) Age of equipment.

11. Who was William Wiseman?
(a) The head of the CIA's covert operations branch in the 1950s.
(b) A spy for Britian in France during WWII.
(c) Stevenson's best friend.
(d) The chief of British Secret Intelligence Service in Washington, D. C.

12. Where did the BSC or British Security Coordination establish its headquarters?
(a) Washington, D. C.
(b) Toronto.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

13. What could Stevenson see as he inspected German factories?
(a) The Germans were obeying the terms of the treaty from WWI.
(b) The Germans were using what was basically slave labor.
(c) The Germans were hiding weapons production.
(d) The Germans had advanced mechanical technology.

14. What was now known to the public about Roosevelt and the British?
(a) The things Roosevelt said about the Brits in private.
(b) Why Roosevelt is re-elected which is due to covert work by British intelligence.
(c) The extent of their agreements.
(d) Nothing.

15. Of what group were the woman part of in training at Camp X?
(a) STAR.
(b) FANY.
(c) WACLE.
(d) CANWAC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the United States government say publicly about the war?

2. What did Stevenson investigate about an aspect of the Phony War?

3. Why weren't warnings given to some British cities of imminent German attack?

4. What book did Hitler write in the early 1920s?

5. Why did Hitler fail to crush the British troops in France?

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