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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, The Coming of War, 1933-1940.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Churchill's battalion nicknamed while he was commanding the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers?
(a) New Army.
(b) Scotties.
(c) Green Army.
(d) Failsiliers.

2. Why was Prince Louis of Battenberg removed from the office of First Sea Lord?
(a) Public denounced him as "German".
(b) He leaked important military information.
(c) He asked to be removed due to health concerns.
(d) He was a tyrant.

3. When Churchill was first elected to the House of Commons, what was the election nicknamed?
(a) Church election.
(b) Pickle election.
(c) Boer election.
(d) Khaki election.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Britain found itself at war with Germany for a second time after Hitler attacked what country?

2. What was Hitler's political manifesto called?

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

4. What does "remember Tonypandy" refer to?

5. What country was first to fall to Hitler's military advances?

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