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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Family and Youth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Churchill attend military school?
(a) Sandhurst.
(b) Eton.
(c) Aldershot.
(d) Waterloo.

2. What seemed the touchstone of last-gasp Churchillianism?
(a) Control of Aisne River.
(b) Suez Canal control.
(c) Overturn of Nazism.
(d) Overturn of Socialism.

3. How did Churchill qualify for his military training?
(a) Through his elite background.
(b) Through his lineage.
(c) Through his natural-born talents.
(d) Through a tutor and rote military learning.

4. What did Churchill display that electrifies Keegan?
(a) Severe mental illness.
(b) Military mind.
(c) The energy of the British people.
(d) The depression of the British people.

5. In a speech in June 1941, Churchill said, "The British are the only people who like to be told....
(a) ...whom their enemies are."
(b) ....how bad things are."
(c) ...that they will win."
(d) ....that all is well."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Churchill marry?

2. In the beginning, the author views Churchill as:

3. What was the first war Churchill was involved in as a soldier?

4. Where did the author, John Keegan, grow up?

5. Whose biography did Churchill write?

(see the answer key)

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