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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) Communist party.
(b) Labour party.
(c) Conservative party.
(d) Whig party.

2. What act made Churchill one of the best known young men in Britain?
(a) Marrying the Vicar's daughter.
(b) His town square anti-war speech.
(c) Catching a serial killer.
(d) Escape from Boer captivity.

3. When did Churchill return to the Conservative party?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1915.

4. What was Churchill's relationship with his father?
(a) He had no relationship with his father.
(b) Heavily relying on each other.
(c) One of disapproval.
(d) One of admiration.

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

6. Churchill toured Britain, Canada and the United States for 4 months doing what?
(a) Lecturing.
(b) Raising money.
(c) Sight seeing.
(d) Campaigning.

7. Where did Keegan go to study?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

9. What was the most memorable episode during Churchill's time at the Home Office?
(a) Georgetown fire.
(b) Peter the Painter.
(c) Jack the Ripper.
(d) Tonypandy.

10. What paper did Churchill's mother get him hired on to?
(a) Daily Telegraph
(b) Weekly Reader.
(c) Herald.
(d) Chronicle.

11. As a youth Churchill enjoyed:
(a) English composition.
(b) Musical recitals.
(c) Athletic pursuits.
(d) Shadowing his father.

12. How did Churchill refer to his nanny?
(a) His "Greedy Governess".
(b) His "Angel from Heaven".
(c) His "Morning Star".
(d) His "Cantacerous Nursemaid".

13. What was the theme of British foreign policy from before Churchill's birth until his early maturity?
(a) Splendid Isolation.
(b) Inclusion.
(c) Europe domination.
(d) Collaboration.

14. What did Keegan first find fascinating about Churchill?
(a) Churchill's wartime speeches.
(b) Churchill's accent.
(c) Churchill's marriage.
(d) Churchill's educational pursuits.

15. In the beginning, the author views Churchill as:
(a) An extrovert.
(b) A fanatic.
(c) A dictator.
(d) A relic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Prince Louis of Battenberg removed from the office of First Sea Lord?

2. What did Lloyd George and Churchill battle over?

3. What was Churchill's battalion nicknamed while he was commanding the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers?

4. What did Churchill's mother send him while he was in India?

5. In the century since Trafalgar, who had been the unchallenged Mistress of the Seas?

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