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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The Army, 1894-1900.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author, John Keegan, grow up?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Great Britain.

2. What did Churchill's mother send him while he was in India?
(a) Crates of books.
(b) A monthly stipend.
(c) Unsupportive letters.
(d) Boxes of cigars.

3. How did Churchill get into good schools?
(a) Through scholarship.
(b) Through his elite background.
(c) Through bribery.
(d) Through luck.

4. What seemed the touchstone of last-gasp Churchillianism?
(a) Overturn of Socialism.
(b) Suez Canal control.
(c) Overturn of Nazism.
(d) Control of Aisne River.

5. How did Churchill qualify for his military training?
(a) Through a tutor and rote military learning.
(b) Through his lineage.
(c) Through his elite background.
(d) Through his natural-born talents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Churchill during his first war as a soldier?

2. What famous Churchill line did the author first hear?

3. What did Keegan do to pass the time while studying abroad?

4. Whom did Churchill marry?

5. Churchill had an unsurpassed skill for what?

(see the answer key)

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