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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, A Prime Minister Alone, 1940-1941.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Churchill return to the Conservative party?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1923.

2. Why did Churchill begin to take flying lessons?
(a) He believed aircraft soon would be a weapon of war.
(b) He wanted to become a pilot.
(c) He was deathly afraid of heights.
(d) Clementine requested him to take lessons.

3. What country did Churchill commit to helping when Hitler declares war on it, despite his misgivings about communism?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) China.
(c) Austria.
(d) Russia.

4. What does IRA stand for?
(a) Irish Republican Army.
(b) Irish Rearmament Action.
(c) Internal Relations Movement.
(d) Inter Radical Army.

5. Who was important to Churchill's entrance into military armed services?
(a) Captain James Cook.
(b) Captain Walter James.
(c) General John J. Pershing.
(d) General Robert E Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the theme of British foreign policy from before Churchill's birth until his early maturity?

2. Whose needs did Churchill value as much as an employer or landlords?

3. What did Churchill choose to promote and protect rather than increase Army corps to compete with France and Germany?

4. What did Keegan first find fascinating about Churchill?

5. How did Churchill refer to his nanny?

(see the answer key)

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