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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. The Parliament season ends with what?
(a) Christmas
(b) Queen's all in mid-spring
(c) Goodwood race
(d) Easter

2. Randolph decides to do what as a career?
(a) Clergy
(b) Doctor
(c) Lawyer
(d) Journalist

3. The most successful years of Churchill's life happen after what event?
(a) Hiroshima
(b) WWI
(c) Dunkirk
(d) Pearl Harbor

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

5. Who is Churchill friendly with that he later will not be?
(a) Wilson
(b) Hitler
(c) Blair
(d) Stalin

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Churchill when Hitler invades Poland?

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

3. Who hears the news of the German breakthrough on the radio?

4. What percentage of the world's merchant ships fly the British flag?

5. What is considered one of the biggest sins by the British?

Short Essay Questions

1. What military school does Winston attend? What are his experiences there like?

2. What is Jennie and Randolph's relationship like? How do they spend their time?

3. What does Churchill tell his country about the fight?

4. How large is the British Empire in the late 1800s? Give some examples of places that are included in the Empire at this time. Where does the Empire begin?

5. What is Churchill's financial status like during this life?

6. What problems does Winston's birth present? How are they handled?

7. What is Winston's birth like?

8. How does Randolph's political career end?

9. How do Churchill's feelings and actions about Hitler and Mussolini change?

10. What is the British Navy like during the late 1800s? How many warships does it have?

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