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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Winston's brother named?

2. How old is Winston's mother when she meets his father?

3. In WWI, Churchill believes that the continental armies cannot overcome what?

4. Most people in the upper class in the late 1800s prefer which of their homes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What complications surround the wedding of Randolph and Jennie?

3. How is the decision made for Churchill to assume control? Why is he chosen? Who chooses him?

4. How do the people in other countries and possessions feel about the British? Why?

5. Why does Churchill consider himself an underdog? How does this affect him?

6. How did people around the British Empire keep in touch and gain news during the 1900s?

7. How was someone accepted for posts in the foreign service in the British Empire?

8. Why does the family move to Dublin? Why do they move back to London?

9. What are Winston's experiences like at the school in Brighton? What changes occur from the school in Ascot?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Winston Churchill's role in World War I? What positions did he serve in? What impact did his actions have on the war or on England at this time? How did Churchill feel about the war and his role in it?

Essay Topic 2

What problem in Ireland did Winston Churchill have to deal with during his time in office? How did he feel about this issue? What was the aim of the IRA? What plans did the IRA have for Winston Churchill? Did they succeed?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Winston's role in World War II. What did he do in the war to help the war effort? How did he feel about World War II? What positions did he hold during the war? Do you think Winston helped or hindered the war effort in England?

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