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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, A Prime Minister Alone, 1940-1941.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Churchill was involved with the Malakand Field Force, fighting which group?
(a) German Nazis.
(b) Indian rebels.
(c) Muslim Pathans.
(d) Malakand insurgents.

2. Why did Churchill begin to take flying lessons?
(a) He believed aircraft soon would be a weapon of war.
(b) Clementine requested him to take lessons.
(c) He wanted to become a pilot.
(d) He was deathly afraid of heights.

3. Churchill had an unsurpassed skill for what?
(a) Mathematics and Statistics.
(b) English history and English composition.
(c) Religious Doctrine.
(d) Track and Field.

4. Who said, "I think we can generally say today that Hitler's dictatorship is gradually breaking down" before the beginning of WWII?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Clement Attlee.
(c) Josef Stalin.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

5. What was Churchill most "ill judged" idea during WWII?
(a) Bombing Pearl Harbor.
(b) Creating a special forces unit.
(c) Setting Europe ablaze.
(d) Aligning with Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Conventional conservatives regarded Churchill as:

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

3. What was the critical event that happened in 1929?

4. How did Churchill refer to his nanny?

5. How did Churchill win his soldiers' respect and affection?

(see the answer key)

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