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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the second raid on Berlin, how many died and were wounded?
(a) 11 died and 9 were wounded.
(b) 10 died and 21 were wounded.
(c) 17 died and 6 were wounded.
(d) 5 died and 18 were wounded.

2. When did Goring marry Emmy Sonnemann?
(a) June 28, 1935.
(b) March 3, 1935.
(c) May 9, 1935.
(d) April 10, 1935.

3. How old was Marigold Churchill when she died?
(a) 1 year and 11 months.
(b) 4 years and 8 months.
(c) 3 years and 2 months.
(d) 2 years and 9 months.

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

5. During World War I, when were the first bombs dropped from German zeppelins over England and Scotland?
(a) April 9, 1915.
(b) January 19, 1915.
(c) February 12, 1915.
(d) March 3, 1915.

6. When did Hitler issue Directive No. 16 and prepare for a landing operation against England?
(a) July 17.
(b) July 16.
(c) July 13.
(d) July 14.

7. When did Chequers become the offical country home of British prime ministers?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1916.

8. What city did the German bombers who hit Frieburg, Germany, think they were attacking?
(a) Tours, France.
(b) Reims, France.
(c) Dijon, France.
(d) Normandy, France.

9. When did a formation of German bombers lose their way and mistakenly disobey orders not to bomb London?
(a) August 23.
(b) August 25.
(c) August 26.
(d) August 24.

10. When did France fall?
(a) June 15.
(b) June 17.
(c) June 19.
(d) June 21.

11. What operational range did Galland's fighers have?
(a) 170 miles.
(b) 130 miles.
(c) 125 miles.
(d) 160 miles.

12. For shooting down how many aircraft was Adolf Galland, German ace, awarded a third Knight's Cross in July of 1940?
(a) 17.
(b) 21.
(c) 28.
(d) 14.

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

14. When did the British bomb Berlin for the first time?
(a) August 28.
(b) August 26.
(c) August 25.
(d) August 27.

15. In 1940, when did President Roosevelt convene a cabinet meeting discussing the new English prime minister?
(a) May 24.
(b) May 19.
(c) May 11.
(d) May 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did German aircraft begin bombing targets on the English mainland for the first time?

2. What was Chamberlain's nickname?

3. When the war in Europe began, how many men did the U.S. Army have?

4. When did the French sign an armistice with Hitler?

5. When a formation of German bombers mistakenly bombed London, where was a church damaged?

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