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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 happened to Roosevelt after WW II ended?

2. Who were Churchill's "false friends" as Clementine called them?

3. What successful operation tempted Roosevelt to make one of his few overseas journeys of the war?

4. Whom was given the title "The 20th Centuries Great Champion of Liberty?"

5. What did Lloyd George believe was upsetting Churchill's balance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Churchill's Liberal party?

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

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

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

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

6. What happened on December 7, 1941?

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

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

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

10. What were Churchill's main acts as Prime Minister, elected for a second time, aimed at?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After reading this book, has your view of current politics changed? If so, why? If not, why not?

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

Churchill experienced three heavy blows between the late 1920s and early 1930s. Name and discuss these three events.

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