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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. Who speaks before Winston?

2. What does Winston learn when he arrives in Dover?

3. Who opens Parliament on February 14?

4. The British War Office believes that which country will become the battleground of the war?

5. How many European soldiers are mobilized in the first week of WWI?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Churchill receive public criticism during the war? Why is the criticism often unfair to Churchill?

2. What does Winston work on in India? Where does he want to go?

3. What is the relationship between India and England?

4. How does Winston obtain extra money? What does he do in the time before leaving for India?

5. What issues does Winston support? What changes in the government affect the common person?

6. Why does Winston believe that Antwerp must be held? What does he do to try to prevent the Germans from taking the city? What is the outcome?

7. How does Winston fill his leisure time in India?

8. How does Winston feel about going to India? What does he do about this?

9. After King Edward dies suddenly, what position does Winston gain? What does he do in this position?

10. How is Winston's name cleared over the Dardanelles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Randolph's government service. What positions did he hold? Was Randolph a success in the government or not? What decisions did he influence during his time in the government?

Essay Topic 2

How did Winston's relationship with his parents affect his life? What impact did this relationship have? How do you think Winston felt about this relationship? Give specific examples from the book to support your answers.

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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