Which 1. country, the United States or England, entered World War II first? A. England B. United States Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A 2. What event did Churchill allude to as the "German aggression with it forerunner a quarter of a century ago"? A. Civil War B. American Revolution C. World War I Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C 3. Which war did Churchill describe as "hurling enormous masses of steel at one another"? A. American Revolution B. World War I C. World War II Points Earned: 0/1 Your Response: C 4. Which war did Churchill describe as "a conflict of strategy, of organization, of technical apparatus, of science, mechanics and morale"? A. World War II B. Civil War C. World War I D. American Revolution Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A 5. Churchill said that Germany had beaten _____ body and soul. A. France B. the Uniter States C. England Points Earned: 0/1 Your Response: B 6. Churchill said that the trenches in World War II were located _____. A. with soldiers in the trenches B. everywhere with men, women, and children
Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: B 7. Churchill described England as a nation of _____. A. defenders of capitalism B. stubborn, headstrong Viking warriors C. tolerance and variety Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C 8. Churchill said that "Hitler is now _____ over Europe." A. sprawled B. located C. dominant D. in control Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A 9. Churchill called the fight against Germany the "_____." A. the really hard thing we need to do B. pretty easy, a sure bet C. finest thing in the world, and have the honor to be the sole champion of the liberties of all Europe D. something we have no choice in completing Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C 10. Concerning the blockage of food to Europe, Churchill said that the captured nations should not complain, since _____. A. they do not deserve to be fed, the cowardly dogs. B. if they had food, it "would be pillaged off them by their Nazi conquerors." C. they should not have surrendered to the Germans so easily. Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: B 11. When DID Churchill want to lift the blockade of food into Europe? A. As soon as the German forces are cleared away. B. As soon as America can deliver it. C. Never. They did not deserve it. Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A
12. According to Churchill's speech, how much of Europe did Hitler rule? A. None. The soul of the people of Europe never surrendered. B. Everything east of the western coast. (In other words, everything EXCEPT England.) Points Earned: 0/1 Your Response: A 13. What is the repeated word: "Our people are united and resolved, as they have never been before." "The output of our own factories, working as they have never worked before, has poured forth to the troops." "We have never had armies like this in our Island in time of war." "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." "we must never forget that all the time, night after night, month after month, our bomber squadrons travel far into Germany, find their targets in the darkness by the highest navigational skill, aim their attacks, often under the heaviest fire, often with serious loss, with deliberate careful discrimination, and inflict shattering blows upon the whole of the technical and war-making structure of the Nazi power." "There is, of course, no question of any transference of sovereignty-that has never been suggested-or of any action being taken without the consent or against the wishes of the various Colonies concerned" A. duty B. sovereignty C. never Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C 14. Why repeat this one word over and over? Points Earned: ?/1, This item will be graded later. Your Response: He keeps making statements that the British have never been so united, so prepared, so brave, and so on. He is excited of the progress that has been made. 15. Churchill said that had England "not only _____ our hearts but our Island." A. loved B. shown C. fortified Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C
16. Churchill said, "The whole Island bristles against invaders...." What does the word bristles suggest? A. That England is like an angry dog ready for attack. B. That England needs a good cleaning. Points Earned: 0/1 Your Response: B 17. To whom does Churchill allude when he says, "We hope our friends across the ocean will send us a timely reinforcement..."? A. French B. Germans C. Americans Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C 18. Churchill states that, "The enemy is, of course, far more numerous than we are. But our new production already, as I am advised, largely exceeds his, and the American production is only just beginning to flow in." Why does he admit that the enemy is stonger? A. Only so he can point out that the situation is about to change. B. Because he is sure England will not win, and he wants to make Hitler happy. Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A 19. Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." So much what? A. civilians B. pilots C. thanks, gratitude Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C 20. Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." By so many who? A. civilians B. pilots C. thanks, gratitude Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A 21. Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." To so few whom? A. pilots
B. thanks, gratitude C. civilians Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A 22. What word carries a hidden implication of guilt in the following sentence: "The defection of France has, of course, been deeply damaging to our position..."? A. defection B. position C. deeply D. damaging This implies it is their fault, or at least, partially their choice. Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: A 23. From his speech, what opinion of the Vichy does Churchill hold? A. They are the real leaders of France. B. They are the ones who betrayed the French people. Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: B 24. Churchill needs America's help, but he puts the Americans in their place by referring to America, Canada, and Newfoundland as "_____." A. mere pions B. the enemy C. colonies Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: C 25. An analogy is a story that refers to common things in order to make a point. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is an example; the point of the story was that people who lie are not believed, and that can be very bad for the liar and the ones being told the lie. The "wolf" is the lie that comes true, the "boy" is the liar, and the men who stop coming to the cry of wolf are the symbols of authority. Explain this analogy by Churchill: "The course of world history is the noblest prize of victory. We are still toiling up the hill; we have not yet reached the crest-line of it; we cannot survey the landscape or even imagine what its condition will be when that longed-for morning comes." Points Earned: ?/4, This item will be graded later. Your Response: Question 25 doesn't make sense. Was this displayed properly? Here is what I see along with a textbox:
An analogy is a story that refers to common things in order to make a point. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is an example; the point of the story was that people who lie are not believed, and that can be very bad for the liar and the ones being told the lie. The "wolf" is the lie that comes true, the "boy" is the liar, and the men who stop coming to the cry of wolf are the symbols of authority. Explain this analogy by Churchill: "The course of world history is the noblest prize of victory. We are still toiling up the hill; we have not yet reached the crest-line of it; we cannot survey the landscape or even imagine what its condition will be when that longed-for morning comes."