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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How dod Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, make his fortune?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Banking.
(c) Grocery business.
(d) Manufacturing.

2. When did Hitler order Goring to begin preparations for an assault on London?
(a) August 31.
(b) August 27.
(c) August 29.
(d) August 26.

3. How many errors did a typist, Elizabeth Layton, make in a 27-page speech?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. When were Pamela and Randolph Churchill married?
(a) September 21, 1939.
(b) November 8, 1939.
(c) October 4. 1939.
(d) August 10, 1939.

5. When did Churchill order the start of Operation Dynamo?
(a) May 27.
(b) May 31.
(c) May 26.
(d) May 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Chequers become the offical country home of British prime ministers?

2. What date did Basil Collier, a leading Battle of Britain historian, say set the world on course toward Hiroshima?

3. At what temperature was the water for Churchill's baths?

4. On August 14 how many aircraft were lost?

5. After postponing the date a couple time, when did Gorin set Eagle Day, his campaign against the RAF?

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