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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did Churchill commit to helping when Hitler declares war on it, despite his misgivings about communism?
(a) Austria.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) China.
(d) Russia.

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

3. Whom promoted the idea of French resistance?
(a) Jean-Baptiste Cervoni.
(b) Louis André Bon.
(c) Jean Joseph Guieu.
(d) Charles de Gaulle.

4. Who became Prime Minister after Attlee?
(a) Blair.
(b) Asquith.
(c) Lloyd George.
(d) Churchill.

5. Who came to Churchill's aid and helped him during his struggle to regain respect in politics?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) His father.
(c) Clementine.
(d) Lloyd George.

6. What successful operation tempted Roosevelt to make one of his few overseas journeys of the war?
(a) Operation Jericho.
(b) Operation Torch.
(c) Operation Overlord.
(d) Operation Cockade.

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

8. In 1941, what country's abandonment of neutrality could change the direction of the war?
(a) Israel.
(b) Hungary.
(c) United States.
(d) France.

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

10. Where did the Big Three meet to discuss the post war settlement?
(a) Yalta.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Washington D.C.

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

12. In his post war speech, Churchill said this was whose victory?
(a) Our Victory.
(b) Freedom's Victory.
(c) A Big 3 Victory.
(d) Your Victory (British people)

13. After a stroke in 1952, how did Churchill bring himself back to good health?
(a) Medical innovations.
(b) Alternative medicine.
(c) Sheer determination.
(d) Convalescing in Bermuda.

14. Who replaced Asquith as Prime Minister?
(a) Lloyd George.
(b) Margaret Thatcher.
(c) Clement Attlee.
(d) Tony Blair.

15. Why did Britain send thousands of troops to Russia after the collapse of the Czech government?
(a) Prevent Germany invading Russia.
(b) Prevent Germany invading Britain.
(c) To uphold a treaty.
(d) Prevent British supplies from falling into German hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city was Churchill in when he was hit by a car?

2. What was the code name for the invasion of France?

3. What ocean liner did Churchill cross the Atlantic in twice in 1943?

4. Whom was given the title "The 20th Centuries Great Champion of Liberty?"

5. What was the "Battle of Britain"?

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