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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Americans chief war priorities?
(a) Free American Prisoners of War.
(b) Defeat Japan as quick as possible.
(c) Defeat Hitler as quick as possible and go on to defeat Japan.
(d) Defeat France and go on to defeat Hitler.

2. What was the name of the six volume historical book set written by Churchill?
(a) "Britain: A History".
(b) "The Fight Against Communism".
(c) "The Second World War".
(d) "Military Stratagem".

3. What did Churchill equate the Labour Party with?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Liberty.

4. What did Hitler name the German Air Force?
(a) Luftwaffe.
(b) Deutschen.
(c) Allerdings.
(d) Unternehmen.

5. After Germany's surrender, where did Churchill give his speech?
(a) The Parliament.
(b) A balcony in Whitewall.
(c) Trafalgar Square.
(d) Hitler's headquarters.

6. The opening of Overlord was known as what?
(a) O-day.
(b) F-day.
(c) D-day.
(d) Operation Torch.

7. After Churchill returned from Palestine he was a:
(a) Converted Communist.
(b) Convinced Zionist.
(c) Credible leader.
(d) Conservative supporter.

8. What illness struck Churchill after his car accident?
(a) Small Pox.
(b) Lung Cancer.
(c) Gangrene.
(d) Paratyphoid fever.

9. Who said, "I think we can generally say today that Hitler's dictatorship is gradually breaking down" before the beginning of WWII?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Josef Stalin.
(d) Clement Attlee.

10. According to Churchill, what threatened Europe's common values?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Promiscuity.
(c) Social Reform.
(d) Communism.

11. How old was Churchill when he died?
(a) 76.
(b) 82.
(c) 88.
(d) 90.

12. Who succeeded Truman in the American Presidency?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Hoover.

13. What group would not accept the deed Churchill and Collins had created?
(a) IRA purists.
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) Hitler.
(d) The Italian government.

14. What country rebelled against the Versailles Treaty?
(a) Italy.
(b) U.S.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

15. Which Prime Minister recognized Churchill's worth?
(a) Henry Pelham.
(b) Stanley Baldwin.
(c) Robert Walpole.
(d) Gordon Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 'Big Three" was made up of The United States, Britain and what other country?

2. What kind of shoes did Churchill wear?

3. What country did Churchill commit to helping when Hitler declares war on it, despite his misgivings about communism?

4. What successful operation tempted Roosevelt to make one of his few overseas journeys of the war?

5. Who were the Red Bolshevik's opponents?

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