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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom was given the title "The 20th Centuries Great Champion of Liberty?"
(a) Churchill.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Roosevelt.

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

4. What were the Americans chief war priorities?
(a) Free American Prisoners of War.
(b) Defeat France and go on to defeat Hitler.
(c) Defeat Hitler as quick as possible and go on to defeat Japan.
(d) Defeat Japan as quick as possible.

5. What was Churchill's reputation in politics regarding work and welfare?
(a) Anti-work and welfare.
(b) Indifference toward work and welfare.
(c) Champion of work and welfare.
(d) Pro-work and welfare.

6. Which country did Russia and Britain both want majority control over?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) Israel.

7. What was the House of Commons attitude toward Churchill when he returned to politics?
(a) Outright rebellion.
(b) Fearful indifference.
(c) Studied indifference.
(d) Welcoming friendship.

8. What did Churchill demand to double two times over?
(a) Army reserves.
(b) Parliamentary salary.
(c) Air Staff.
(d) Military spending.

9. What seat did Churchill hold for the rest of his Parliamentary life?
(a) Dudley.
(b) Darrington.
(c) Woodland.
(d) Epping.

10. What was Clementine's only true interest?
(a) Politics.
(b) Fame.
(c) Her children.
(d) Churchill.

11. What other country besides Britain was aligned with Poland?
(a) Italy.
(b) United States.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

12. What happened to Churchill during the general election of 1945?
(a) He was not elected.
(b) He had a resounding re-election.
(c) He lost his Clementine.
(d) He lost his battle to cancer.

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

14. Who replaced Churchill as Prime Minister?
(a) Charles de Gaulle.
(b) Herbert Henry Asquith.
(c) Clement Attlee.
(d) Tony Blair.

15. Who replaced Roosevelt as President of the United States of America?
(a) Harry S. Truman.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event finally helped lift a great weight off of Churchill and paved the way for building his political career again?

2. How did Churchill feel about his failure to command attention while speaking?

3. The opening of Overlord was known as what?

4. What was Hitler's political manifesto called?

5. Who said, "I think we can generally say today that Hitler's dictatorship is gradually breaking down" before the beginning of WWII?

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