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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. How many paintings, sculptures, and tapestries did Goring confiscate from Jewish households?
(a) 1,400.
(b) 900.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 1,700.

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

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

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

5. At what temperature was the water for Churchill's baths?
(a) 93.
(b) 95.
(c) 90.
(d) 98.

Short Answer Questions

1. By May 1941, how much was collected for the Spitfire Fund?

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

3. On August 13, how many German bombers assembled and began making their way toward England?

4. When did Goring marry Emmy Sonnemann?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Adolf Galland?

2. What were some terms of the French armistice?

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

4. How successful was the evacuation of British soldiers from Dunkirk in June?

5. On September 7, where did Goring and two senior Luftwaffe officer go and why?

6. How old were Churchill's children in 1940?

7. What shape were the U.S. destroyers in that were sent to Britain?

8. What inspired Larson to write about Churchill's first year as prime minister?

9. What did Churchill bring to No 10 Downing Street when he was made prime minister, and what was his challenge?

10. On June 29, what place did the Germans seize and occupy?

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