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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 city was Churchill in when he was hit by a car?

2. Whom promoted the idea of French resistance?

3. In his post war speech, Churchill said this was whose victory?

4. What happened to Roosevelt after WW II ended?

5. What were the Hurricane and Spitfire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened to Churchill's Liberal party?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the United States of America was taken from passive participant in WWII to actively fighting in the war. What specifically did the United States do as a passive participant and what spurred them to take an active role in the war?

Essay Topic 2

Churchill had great foresight regarding certain political, military, and social issues. What were some of these issues? How did his fellow parliamentary members respond to his ideas and warnings?

Essay Topic 3

Churchill had many and varying positive personality traits and qualities. What were some of these positive qualities? Conversely, Churchill was not perfect. What were some of the negative personality traits that Churchill had? What, in your opinion, was the most important personality trait that Churchill possessed?

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