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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was Churchill's horse?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Spotted.
(d) Grey (white).

2. What was Churchill's relationship with his father?
(a) One of disapproval.
(b) One of admiration.
(c) He had no relationship with his father.
(d) Heavily relying on each other.

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

4. How many children did Churchill have?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three

5. When Churchill was first elected to the House of Commons, what was the election nicknamed?
(a) Pickle election.
(b) Khaki election.
(c) Church election.
(d) Boer election.

6. Churchill's mother was a:
(a) Poor British waif.
(b) Nurse to wounded soldiers.
(c) Strong influence for good in Churchill's life.
(d) Rich American heiress.

7. Churchill was taken on the expedition to Northwest India occupying what position?
(a) Correspondent.
(b) Munitions.
(c) Camp chef.
(d) Calvary.

8. After learning of an outbreak of fighting in Northwest India, whom did Churchill telegraph to ask to join his military expedition?
(a) Gen. Sir Bindon Blood.
(b) Gen. Sir Charles Bradshaw.
(c) Gen. Sir William Dymond.
(d) Gen. Sir Francis Bennett.

9. In the beginning, the author views Churchill as:
(a) A fanatic.
(b) An extrovert.
(c) A relic.
(d) A dictator.

10. What was the Enchantress?
(a) A doomed battleship.
(b) Churchill's airplane.
(c) The Queen's airplane.
(d) The Admiralty yacht.

11. What was the most memorable episode during Churchill's time at the Home Office?
(a) Georgetown fire.
(b) Jack the Ripper.
(c) Tonypandy.
(d) Peter the Painter.

12. What army had the British regiment reforms of 1870-1880 been modeled after?
(a) Russian Army.
(b) United States Army.
(c) German Army.
(d) French Army.

13. Churchill believed in his country's what above others?
(a) Positive governmental history.
(b) Moral elevation.
(c) Right for freedom.
(d) Military strength.

14. Where did Keegan go to study?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. What kind of child was Churchill?
(a) Energetic.
(b) Mischievous.
(c) Sickly.
(d) Shy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drew Churchill to his wife?

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

3. What did Keegan first find fascinating about Churchill?

4. What fuel did the Queen Elizabeth class of fast battleships run on?

5. Which house defeated the budget introduced by David Lloyd George?

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