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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On August 15, how many aircraft did the Luftwaffe lose?
(a) 93.
(b) 81.
(c) 64.
(d) 75.

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

5. How men died on the Bretagne on July 3?
(a) 1,348.
(b) 1,297.
(c) 1,498.
(d) 1,153.

Short Answer Questions

1. What operational range did Galland's fighers have?

2. When did Britain declare war on Germany?

3. What was the date of a photograph from an attack on Freiburg, Germany, that Goebbels planned to use for propaganda?

4. In Chapter 7, how long ago had John Colville asked Gay Margesson to marry him?

5. When did France fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. In May of 1940, how did Americans feel about going to war with Germany?

2. In Chapter 4, where did Churchill work?

3. How did the first bombing of London occur on August 24?

4. What happened to the Lancastria?

5. What technology did the British develop before the war, and how useful was it?

6. What was the Spitfire fund, and who were the first to contribute?

7. What was the reaction to a National Day of Prayer proposed for September 8, 1940?

8. What happened to the bits of metal that filled the skies in August?

9. How was Churchill able to sleep?

10. Why did Beaverbrook think he was not qualified to run the Ministry of Aircraft Production?

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