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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. The particular regiment that Churchill was a member of enjoyed what social benefits?
(a) World recognition.
(b) Locally esteemed and emotionally secure.
(c) Large financial gains.
(d) No parliamentary taxes and secret privileges.

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

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

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

5. After learning of an outbreak of fighting in Northwest India, whom did Churchill telegraph to ask to join his military expedition?
(a) Gen. Sir William Dymond.
(b) Gen. Sir Bindon Blood.
(c) Gen. Sir Charles Bradshaw.
(d) Gen. Sir Francis Bennett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of child was Churchill?

2. How did Churchill get into good schools?

3. Churchill was committed to what idea?

4. Which house defeated the budget introduced by David Lloyd George?

5. Why did Britain send thousands of troops to Russia after the collapse of the Czech government?

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