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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. What was France supposed to do under Vichy?
(a) Create armaments for Germany.
(b) Defend Germany at all costs.
(c) Show no resistance to Germany at all.
(d) Attack Germany at all costs.

2. Why did Churchill begin to take flying lessons?
(a) He was deathly afraid of heights.
(b) Clementine requested him to take lessons.
(c) He wanted to become a pilot.
(d) He believed aircraft soon would be a weapon of war.

3. What did Lloyd George and Churchill battle over?
(a) To win a Parliamentary seat.
(b) How to spend funds.
(c) Germany's role in the treaty of Versailles.
(d) Churchill's speeches.

4. What was Churchill most "ill judged" idea during WWII?
(a) Creating a special forces unit.
(b) Setting Europe ablaze.
(c) Bombing Pearl Harbor.
(d) Aligning with Russia.

5. What was the principle means by which Churchill directed the war?
(a) His box.
(b) By telephone.
(c) Encrypted telegraphs.
(d) His office.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Enchantress?

3. How many baths did Churchill take a day?

4. Which appointment brought Churchill to the forefront of Britain's involvement in Europe's growing military confrontation?

5. What attack inspired Japanese descent on Pearl Harbor a year later?

(see the answer key)

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