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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Dread.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, when did Churchill meet with Prime Minister Reynaud in Briare, France?
(a) June 4.
(b) June 11.
(c) June 12.
(d) June 9,

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

3. When did the Reichstag, Germany's legislature, begin meeting in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1934.

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

5. During Operation Dynamo, how many men had Churchil estimated would be evacuated from France?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 65,000.
(d) 60,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did Churchill order the start of Operation Dynamo?

4. In Chapter 5, how many more aircraft did British strategists believe that the Germans had compared to the RAF?

5. How many errors did a typist, Elizabeth Layton, make in a 27-page speech?

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