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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lloyd George and Churchill battle over?
(a) How to spend funds.
(b) Germany's role in the treaty of Versailles.
(c) Churchill's speeches.
(d) To win a Parliamentary seat.

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

3. What was the riskiest move a British Parliamentarian can make?
(a) Freelancing the bill.
(b) Crossing the floor.
(c) Bidding for re-election.
(d) Voting against his party.

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

5. Churchill was taken on the expedition to Northwest India occupying what position?
(a) Munitions.
(b) Camp chef.
(c) Correspondent.
(d) Calvary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease took the life of Churchill's father?

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

3. Churchill left the Boer war to do what?

4. What had Churchill been sparked to do during his time in the military?

5. During the Malakand Expedition, British troops held firm. Which group ran in the face of danger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Churchill's social life like?

2. What was the author John Keegan's initial opinion of Churchill?

3. How was Churchill able to qualify for British armed services?

4. What did John Keegan find when he came to New York to study?

5. What country challenged Britain for dominance on the high seas?

6. What kinds of things tainted the line of the Duke of Marlborough for generations? Who restored it's good name?

7. What was the political climate when the author was a young adult in Britain?

8. What happened as a result of the British being obligated by treaty to defend Belgium?

9. What happened when Churchill got involved with the Hussars in India fighting against a group of Muslim Pathans?

10. Why was Churchill skeptical of expanding British Imperial holdings?

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