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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 did Churchill feel about his failure to command attention while speaking?
(a) Very angry.
(b) Hurt and humiliated.
(c) Resolved to improve.
(d) Indifferent.

2. What attack inspired Japanese descent on Pearl Harbor a year later?
(a) Taranto.
(b) Austrian invasion.
(c) United States joining the war.
(d) Matsumoto.

3. Conventional conservatives regarded Churchill as:
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Demeaning.
(c) Unsound.
(d) Leadership material.

4. The 'Big Three" was made up of The United States, Britain and what other country?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Austria.
(d) Russia.

5. Churchill was seen by the regular man and woman in the street as a:
(a) Bygone.
(b) Lion.
(c) Historical Figure.
(d) Reactionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Britain hesitate to spend money on defense in the 1930s?

2. In his post war speech, Churchill said this was whose victory?

3. What other country besides Britain was aligned with Poland?

4. What was Churchill's reputation in politics regarding work and welfare?

5. What was Hitler's political manifesto called?

Short Essay Questions

1. During his appointment as the Secretary of State for war and air, which two important events did Churchill preside over?

2. What was Churchill's stance on Communism?

3. What was Churchill's move that helped turn the tide of the war and beat back Rommel?

4. What were Churchill's main acts as Prime Minister, elected for a second time, aimed at?

5. How did Churchill set up his newly formed cabinet as Prime Minister?

6. When did Churchill give some of his greatest speeches?

7. What happened as Churchill struggles to reconstruct his political career?

8. What was the reaction of politicians at the time when Churchill first began to strongly speak out against Communism?

9. What did Churchill do after he did not win re-election?

10. What countries were first affected by Hitler's call for a "Greater Germany"?

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