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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the British government requesting of the United States in the Summer of 1940?
(a) Money
(b) Help in peace negotiations
(c) Naval destroyers
(d) Soldiers

2. What country does the German army invade in June of 1941?
(a) France
(b) Hungary
(c) Poland
(d) Russia

3. What happened to change the nature of Eleanor and Franklin's marriage?
(a) Franklin's mother broke up the marriage
(b) She fell in love with another man
(c) He had an affair with her social secretary
(d) He never remembered their anniversary

4. Who arrives at the White House in December of 1941 and stays nearly a month?
(a) Benito Mussolini
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Tony Blair
(d) Winston Churchill

5. What does Churchill write to Roosevelt in November of 1940?
(a) The British army was going to surrender
(b) The British navy was larger than ever
(c) The British government needed money
(d) The King had died

6. What military equipment did the Germans have that far exceeded the Allies?
(a) Tanks
(b) Machine guns
(c) Grenades
(d) Surveillance

7. What is the name of the cottage built for Eleanor on the Hyde Park estate?
(a) Petit Park
(b) Solitude
(c) Magnolia
(d) Val-Kill

8. Which public figured denounced the Lend-Lease aid?
(a) John Wayne
(b) Charles Lindbergh
(c) Amelia Earhart
(d) Gloria Swanson

9. With what disease is Franklin stricken?
(a) Polio
(b) Mesothelioma
(c) Diabetes
(d) Cancer

10. How is the Roosevelts' marriage described?
(a) Typical
(b) Hostile
(c) Unusual
(d) Strained

11. What did Roosevelt and Churchill unite on during this period?
(a) Development of an atomic bomb
(b) The assassination of Mussolini
(c) The assassination of Hitler
(d) A new draft effort

12. Who was the U.S. Ambassador to England in 1941?
(a) Herbert Hoover
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) J. Edgar Hoover
(d) Joseph P. Kennedy

13. What happened on December 7, 1941?
(a) The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
(b) Eleanor divorced Franklin
(c) Franklin suffered a stroke
(d) Franklin's mother died

14. What is Roosevelt's position regarding the war in Europe in May of 1940?
(a) He wants to help the Allies but knows it will not be a popular decision
(b) He wants to remain neutral
(c) He will not get involved under any circumstances
(d) He has ordered the deployment of troops

15. Up until this time, how many terms could a president serve?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 1

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens within one week of the event of December 7, 1941?

2. How many Allied troops escaped to England in the "miracle of Dunkirk?"

3. At what age did Roosevelt leave for boarding school?

4. What did Franklin refuse to do in the marriage?

5. What is Franklin's physical condition?

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