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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: Land of Hope and Glory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the banking center of the world in the late 1800s?
(a) New York
(b) Brussels
(c) Zurich
(d) London

2. What is the largest metropolitan area in the late 1800s?
(a) New York
(b) London
(c) Berlin
(d) Miami

3. What career did Churchill have?
(a) Accountant
(b) Teacher
(c) Newspaper reporter
(d) Doctor

4. England is under the rule of which royal person at the time of Churchill's birth?
(a) King Edward
(b) Queen Elizabeth
(c) King Henry
(d) Queen Victoria

5. What does Churchill blame his weaknesses on?
(a) The lack of a university education
(b) Love
(c) Alcohol
(d) His father's death

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is against a negotiated settlement?

2. Women in the late 1800s in London have a hard time obtaining what?

3. Who does not attend the wedding of Winston's mother and father?

4. The British Empire begins with their discovery of what?

5. The book begins with the British Army retreating to which town?

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