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

2. What was the theme of British foreign policy from before Churchill's birth until his early maturity?
(a) Inclusion.
(b) Europe domination.
(c) Collaboration.
(d) Splendid Isolation.

3. Churchill had an unsurpassed skill for what?
(a) Track and Field.
(b) Religious Doctrine.
(c) Mathematics and Statistics.
(d) English history and English composition.

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

5. Whom did Churchill marry?
(a) Clementine Hozier.
(b) Bernadine Harper.
(c) Caroline Mays.
(d) Elizabeth Bates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of student was Churchill in his early school years?

2. What was Hitler identified as?

3. How much food was a British individuals ration for one week during U-boat warfare?

4. What drew Churchill to his wife?

5. What does IRA stand for?

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