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

2. Which officer's appointment made by Churchill was the best of the war?
(a) Darrin M. Bradshaw.
(b) Joseph P. Frandenshine.
(c) Bernard L. Montgomery.
(d) Jacamo J. Spillman.

3. What was Churchill awarded in 1953?
(a) Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) Knighthood.
(c) Honorary Purple Heart.
(d) Nobel Prize for Literature.

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

5. What were the Hurricane and Spitfire?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Military tactics.
(c) Early machine guns.
(d) Submarines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two countries refused to send help during the Turkish advance?

2. What did Churchill equate the Labour Party with?

3. What role did Churchill resume as soon as political power was taken from him?

4. Who were Churchill's "false friends" as Clementine called them?

5. Who came to Churchill's aid and helped him during his struggle to regain respect in politics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Churchill's main acts as Prime Minister, elected for a second time, aimed at?

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

3. What happened during the election of 1945 in Britain?

4. When did Churchill give some of his greatest speeches?

5. Which leaders and countries comprised The Big Three?

6. What happened after Chamberlain was voted out as Prime Minister?

7. How did Churchill set up his newly formed cabinet as Prime Minister?

8. What did Churchill do after he did not win re-election?

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

10. What was the reaction of politicians at the time when Churchill first began to strongly speak out against Communism?

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