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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. Which Prime Minister recognized Churchill's worth?
(a) Stanley Baldwin.
(b) Gordon Brown.
(c) Henry Pelham.
(d) Robert Walpole.

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

3. Which two countries refused to send help during the Turkish advance?
(a) Australia and Canada.
(b) Italy and Russia.
(c) Britain and Belgium.
(d) America and France.

4. Churchill suspected Stalin was a:
(a) Conservative.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Behemoth.
(d) Front for an underground leadership.

5. How old was Churchill when his health began to fail?
(a) 68.
(b) 50.
(c) 44.
(d) 72.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shoes did Churchill wear?

2. Why did Britain hesitate to spend money on defense in the 1930s?

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

4. Whom promoted the idea of French resistance?

5. What medical problem hit Churchill during his trip to Washington D.C.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was credited with reviving Churchill physically and mentally? What was the status of Roosevelt as the end of the war nears?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. What prevented Churchill from having more authority to prepare Britain for war against Hitler's rising domination?

8. How did Churchill recoup his losses in the 1929 stock market crash? What physically happened to him while in this pursuit?

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

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

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