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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the authors' generation, which party was creating a social revolution?
(a) Conservative party.
(b) Whig party.
(c) Labour party.
(d) Communist party.

2. Churchill saw Britain as the incarnation of it's own:
(a) History.
(b) Bad deeds.
(c) Karma.
(d) People.

3. What was the first war Churchill was involved in as a soldier?
(a) Mexican/Spanish War.
(b) World War II.
(c) Cuban War of Independence.
(d) World War I.

4. Churchill believed in his country's what above others?
(a) Moral elevation.
(b) Positive governmental history.
(c) Military strength.
(d) Right for freedom.

5. Who changed Churchill's mind during the Irish Rebellion?
(a) Daniel Murphy.
(b) Franklin Chizmadia.
(c) Michael Collins
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

6. The author believes Churchill looks:
(a) Dignified.
(b) Heroic
(c) Dapper.
(d) Unsoldierly.

7. Churchill left the Boer war to do what?
(a) Resume his search for a seat in Parliament.
(b) Return to his ailing mother.
(c) Find love.
(d) Convalesce in hospital.

8. In a speech in June 1941, Churchill said, "The British are the only people who like to be told....
(a) ....how bad things are."
(b) ...that they will win."
(c) ...whom their enemies are."
(d) ....that all is well."

9. Which appointment brought Churchill to the forefront of Britain's involvement in Europe's growing military confrontation?
(a) Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
(b) Lord Chancellor's Department Committee.
(c) First Lord of the Admiralty.
(d) First Lord of the Temporal.

10. Where did Churchill attend military school?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Eton.
(c) Sandhurst.
(d) Aldershot.

11. What was the riskiest move a British Parliamentarian can make?
(a) Voting against his party.
(b) Freelancing the bill.
(c) Bidding for re-election.
(d) Crossing the floor.

12. What fuel did the Queen Elizabeth class of fast battleships run on?
(a) Coal.
(b) Nuclear.
(c) Oil.
(d) Wood.

13. According to Keegan, Churchill's Dukedom lineage was for years held by what kind of men?
(a) Serious and stern men.
(b) Carefree and flighty men.
(c) Dishonerable and treacherous men.
(d) Upstanding and intellectual men.

14. What was Churchill's primary task while serving in India?
(a) Recruit reinforcements.
(b) Plan war strategies.
(c) Dig fox holes.
(d) Patrol for insurgents.

15. What drew Churchill to his wife?
(a) Lack of beauty & forthrightness.
(b) Submissiveness beyond imagination.
(c) Social status.
(d) Intellectual quality & noble sentiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When fighting the Boers, what happened to the British company Churchill was in?

2. When Churchill was first elected to the House of Commons, what was the election nicknamed?

3. How did Churchill get into good schools?

4. What act made Churchill one of the best known young men in Britain?

5. Churchill toured Britain, Canada and the United States for 4 months doing what?

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