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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What political cause did Churchill adopt at age 58?

3. Who said, "I think we can generally say today that Hitler's dictatorship is gradually breaking down" before the beginning of WWII?

4. The 'Big Three" was made up of The United States, Britain and what other country?

5. Who was advocating the making of an armistice with Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Churchill's Liberal party?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened as Churchill struggles to reconstruct his political career?

10. What happened on December 7, 1941?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the 1929 stock market crash in the United States affect other countries?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Churchill had a gut sympathy for fighters? What specific instances give proof of this sympathy?

Essay Topic 3

How did Churchill feel about communism? How did this view affect Churchill's willingness to work with Stalin during WWII?

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