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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, A Prime Minister Alone, 1940-1941.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was President of the United States of America during WWII?
(a) Taft.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Eisenhower.

2. Who was advocating the making of an armistice with Germany?
(a) Remy Thomas Martin.
(b) Tate Michael Kingston.
(c) Frank Lloyd Frintain.
(d) Marshal Henri Petain.

3. Which appointment brought Churchill to the forefront of Britain's involvement in Europe's growing military confrontation?
(a) First Lord of the Admiralty.
(b) Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
(c) Lord Chancellor's Department Committee.
(d) First Lord of the Temporal.

4. What was Hitler identified as?
(a) Austrian Housepainter.
(b) German drop-out.
(c) Austrian Dictator.
(d) German school teacher.

5. In the century since Trafalgar, who had been the unchallenged Mistress of the Seas?
(a) The United States Navy.
(b) The Deutsche Marine.
(c) The Royal Navy.
(d) La Royale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Prince Louis of Battenberg removed from the office of First Sea Lord?

2. What army had the British regiment reforms of 1870-1880 been modeled after?

3. British regiments would not look at what group as fighting equals?

4. Mastery of what skill helped nurture Churchill's career and self-esteem?

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

(see the answer key)

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