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

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

3. What was the critical event that happened in 1929?
(a) Berlin Wall came down.
(b) Pearl Harbor Bombing.
(c) Start of WW II.
(d) Stock Market Crash.

4. What was Churchill's drink of choice?
(a) Soda and Whiskey.
(b) Gin and Tonic.
(c) Soda and Vodka.
(d) Red Wine.

5. What role did Churchill resume as soon as political power was taken from him?
(a) Historian.
(b) Minister of Treasury.
(c) Pilot.
(d) Army Commander.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attack inspired Japanese descent on Pearl Harbor a year later?

2. What was the House of Commons attitude toward Churchill when he returned to politics?

3. What was Churchill most "ill judged" idea during WWII?

4. What was Hitler's most menacing rearmament measure?

5. What was the highest peak in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who planned most of the assault of D-day? Why was Churchill out of the planning process?

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

3. What were Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his cabinet focusing on improving during this time when Hitler was being appeased in Germany?

4. What happened politically that inadvertently lead to Hitlers rise in Germany? Did Churchill agree with this idea?

5. What was Churchill's stance on Communism?

6. What happened to Churchill's Liberal party?

7. How did Churchill's assumptions that rebellious citizens could weaken Nazi controlled Europe from within go?

8. While in The Big Three, what happened to Churchill's status?

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

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

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