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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do many feel that Winston was not comfortable around women?
(a) His mother's affairs
(b) His father wasn't around to offer advice
(c) He does not have a college degree
(d) He was too tall

2. Winston hires a boy to fill what position?
(a) Butler
(b) Driver
(c) Chef
(d) Dressing Boy

3. What was Winston called by fellow soldiers and others?
(a) Scaredy cat
(b) Publicity hound
(c) Arrogant
(d) Know-it-all

4. After India, where is the next scene of action?
(a) Europe
(b) Asia
(c) Africa
(d) South America

5. What does Winston learn when he arrives in Dover?
(a) The United States has entered the war
(b) Clementine has given birth to a girl
(c) Antwerp has fallen to the French
(d) Italy has fallen to the Germans

6. Who warns Winston that his traveling is not going over well with the cabinet?
(a) The Queen
(b) Clementine
(c) Prince of Wales
(d) Jennie

7. What does Winston's family worry about him that is similar to what Randolph experienced?
(a) Insomnia
(b) Fevers
(c) Allergies
(d) Memory lapses

8. How many women does Winston propose to before marrying?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5

9. The Belgian king retreats to which city as the Germans push into Belgium?
(a) Paris
(b) London
(c) Antwerp
(d) Amsterdam

10. What is Winston pelted with at a rally in Ulster?
(a) Stones
(b) Buttons
(c) Bricks
(d) Dead fish

11. The Turks threaten to blow up which city?
(a) Constantinople
(b) Moscow
(c) Athens
(d) Paris

12. What does Winston plan to speak on?
(a) The Navy
(b) Poverty
(c) The war
(d) Taxes

13. Winston goes where to supervise the landing of the British infantry?
(a) Whitehall
(b) Castlehead
(c) Dover
(d) Dunkirk

14. Why is Winston familiar with the terminology and protocol of Parliament?
(a) He has studied Parliament at Oxford
(b) His father served in Parliament
(c) He has asked the Prince of Wales about it
(d) He observed the last session

15. What position does Asquith offer Winston?
(a) Secretary of State
(b) President of the Board of Trade
(c) Speaker of Parliament
(d) Minister of Defense

Short Answer Questions

1. The War Council approves an attack on ____________________.

2. Winston wants ___________ to return to active duty.

3. What is Winston's novel called?

4. Where is Winston's apartment?

5. How long does the voyage to Bombay take?

(see the answer keys)

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