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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 school is Winston enrolled in?

2. What does Churchill never attend?

3. Randolph goes where for three months?

4. England is under the rule of which royal person at the time of Churchill's birth?

5. Churchill likes movies about what topic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Churchill consider himself an underdog? How does this affect him?

2. What was England's place in the world during the 1900s?

3. What is Winston's experience like at St. George's School near Ascot? Why does Winston stop attending?

4. What is the British Navy like during the late 1800s? How many warships does it have?

5. How was someone accepted for posts in the foreign service in the British Empire?

6. What are Winston's experiences like at the school in Brighton? What changes occur from the school in Ascot?

7. What are the stages of Churchill's public life?

8. What is the situation at Dunkirk as the book opens?

9. How large is the British Empire in the late 1800s? Give some examples of places that are included in the Empire at this time. Where does the Empire begin?

10. How did people around the British Empire keep in touch and gain news during the 1900s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did English life change during Winston's lifetime? How did Winston feel about the changes occurring in England and the rest of the world? Describe at least three changes that were occurring in English life.

Essay Topic 2

What was Winston Churchill like with his own family? Do you think that he was a good husband and father? Why or why not? Support your answer with specific information and details from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What were the three stages of Winston Churchill's public life? What events in Churchill's life are the three stages associated with? How were the three stages different? In which one do you think Churchill was most successful?

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