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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. How did Churchill get into good schools?
(a) Through luck.
(b) Through bribery.
(c) Through scholarship.
(d) Through his elite background.

2. What lineage does Churchill's family descend from?
(a) Duke of Kent.
(b) Duke of Marlborough.
(c) Duke of Windsor.
(d) Duke of Edinburg.

3. What did Churchill usually have in his hand?
(a) A hat.
(b) Speech notes.
(c) A book.
(d) A cigar.

4. Churchill's common dress was:
(a) Full cut trousers and hand-painted ties.
(b) Wool top coat and felt hat.
(c) Shapeless siren suit and stovepipe hat.
(d) Crisp khaki air force uniform.

5. What kind of student was Churchill in his early school years?
(a) He was a terrible student.
(b) He was always at the top of his class.
(c) He enjoyed school immensely.
(d) He did not attend school until his teens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease took the life of Churchill's father?

2. What prevents Lord Randolph Churchill from political office?

3. Where did Keegan go to study?

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

5. According to Keegan, Churchill's Dukedom lineage was for years held by what kind of men?

(see the answer key)

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