Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat Quizzes
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Q. What historical event was most directly responsible for Churchill giving the "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat" speech?
Neville Chamberlain's resignation as prime minister
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia
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Q. What aspect of Churchill's past made people favor him to be prime minister in May 1940?
He'd warned people of the danger of Germany long before people were willing to listen
His naval victories during World War I
His international reputation because of his writing over the past decades
He had run for the job so many times, people just felt bad for him.
Q. Why didn't Western Europe make more of an effort to stop Hitler and Nazi Germany before 1939?
Memories of World War I and the experience of total warfare were a total turnoff.
They didn't understand that Germany had any notion of expanding its borders.
They were too distracted by their own war to pay attention.
Everyone was too busy catching up on Season 13 of Survivor.
Q. Why did Churchill choose the men that he did for his War Cabinet?
They represented the leadership of all the major parties in Parliament, and therefore the nation as a whole.
Parliament required the prime minister to pick his cabinet based on who his party chose.
They had the most military experience of anyone in Parliament.
They all bore a striking resemblance to Hugh Grant.
Q. Which famous treaty humiliated Germany and contributed to the rise of the Nazis in the 1930s?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Westphalia
Treaty of Utrecht
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