Q.1
The area of Czechoslovakia inhabited by ethnic Germans coincided with the country's western border, that formed a mountainous U shape. What name was given to this vital region?
  • Bohemia
  • Silesia
  • The Sudetenland
  • Moravia
Q.2
The British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, flew three times within roughly a week in September 1938 to meet Hitler to discuss the Czech crisis. Where did the first of these meetings take place?
  • Berchtesgaden
  • Bad Godesberg
  • Prague
  • Berlin
Q.3
In the spring of 1936 Hitler sent German forces into the demilitarised Rhineland in clear breach of the Versailles Treaty. What action did the British government take?
  • Britain imposed economic sanctions on Germany
  • Britain mobilised her armed forces, and issued an ultimatum to Hitler: withdraw from the Rhineland within 48 hours or face military action
  • Britain sent a retired diplomat to the Rhineland to report on the situation there
  • No action at all
Q.4
In 1935 Hitler announced a vast increase in naval construction, in clear breach of the disarmament clauses in the Treaty of Versailles. Britain's response was to sign a separate agreement with Hitler to allow him to build warships up to a certain proportion of the Royal Navy's tonnage. What was the name of this deal?
  • The Anglo-German Naval Pact
  • The Anglo-German Naval Agreement
  • The Anglo-German Naval Accords
  • The Anglo-German Naval Treaty
Q.5
Who was the French prime minister who represented his country at Munich where the treaty to dismember the Czech state was signed?
  • Pierre Laval
  • Paul Reynaud
  • Edouard Daladier
  • Leon Blum
Q.6
In 1934 Hitler failed to seize a nearby country by force. Which state was this?
  • Poland
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Hungary
  • Austria
Q.7
Hitler insisted at a late stage in the crisis that large parts of Southern Slovakia would have to be given to a neighbouring power. What was the name of this power?
  • Romania
  • Yugoslavia
  • Russia
  • Hungary
Q.8
In July 1936 General Franco unleashed a military rebellion against the elected government of Spain. Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany gave the rising strong military support. The Spanish government received some arms from France and the Soviet Union. Britain backed an international commission with the intention of preventing arms from reaching either side. What was the name of this body?
  • The Non-Intervention Committee
  • The Neutrality Pact
  • The Non-Intervention Commission
  • The Spanish Disarmament Agency
Q.9
In April 1937 a market town in the Basque Provinces of Northern Spain was attacked by German aeroplanes, forming part of the Condor Legion, and showing the failure of outside attempts to prevent arms supplies from reaching either side in Spain. What was the name of the devastated town?
  • Irun
  • Amorebieta
  • Bilbao
  • Guernica
Q.10
In 1938 the Czechoslovak Republic bent over backwards to accommodate the demands of the German-speaking minority for greater autonomy. What was the name of the Czech leader who looked to Britain and France to guarantee his country from aggression?
  • Eduard Benes
  • Tomas Masaryk
  • Jan Masaryk
  • Klement Gottwald
0 h : 0 m : 1 s