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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Hitler agree to divide Poland with?
(a) Cook.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Attlee.

2. Whom was irritated by Charles de Gaulle's arrogance?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Churchill.

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

4. What is Boniface?
(a) Raw intelligence intercepts.
(b) Russian spy network.
(c) European treaty.
(d) Nightly air raids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Asquith as Prime Minister?

2. Where did the term "commandos" come from?

3. Whom promoted the idea of French resistance?

4. What were the Hurricane and Spitfire?

5. What other country besides Britain was aligned with Poland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Churchill's policies when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer?

2. How old was Churchill when he resigned as Prime Minister, and what did he do after his resignation?

3. What countries were first affected by Hitler's call for a "Greater Germany"?

4. Which leaders and countries comprised The Big Three?

5. What was Churchill's move that helped turn the tide of the war and beat back Rommel?

6. Where did the term "iron curtain" originate, and what does it mean?

7. What happened on December 7, 1941?

8. What was Churchill's stance on Communism?

9. How did The United States deal with the fact that Britain was no longer able to use the "cash and carry" method to buy supplies and weapons from the United States?

10. What did Hitler do between 1934 and 1936 that violated the Versailles treaty?

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