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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Churchill toured Britain, Canada and the United States for 4 months doing what?
(a) Lecturing.
(b) Campaigning.
(c) Sight seeing.
(d) Raising money.

2. Which appointment brought Churchill to the forefront of Britain's involvement in Europe's growing military confrontation?
(a) First Lord of the Admiralty.
(b) First Lord of the Temporal.
(c) Committee on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
(d) Lord Chancellor's Department Committee.

3. What act made Churchill one of the best known young men in Britain?
(a) His town square anti-war speech.
(b) Marrying the Vicar's daughter.
(c) Catching a serial killer.
(d) Escape from Boer captivity.

4. Which child later became Churchill's official biographer?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Winston Jr.
(c) Sara.
(d) Mary.

5. How old was Churchill when he married?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Fifty-six.

6. Which country chose to make itself the dominant military State?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) United States.

7. What did Churchill's mother send him while he was in India?
(a) A monthly stipend.
(b) Boxes of cigars.
(c) Crates of books.
(d) Unsupportive letters.

8. 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.

9. Where did the author, John Keegan, grow up?
(a) Germany.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) United States.
(d) Great Britain.

10. Which country was Britain obligated to defend by honoring it's treaty?
(a) Belgium.
(b) U.S.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

11. What paper did Churchill's mother get him hired on to?
(a) Herald.
(b) Chronicle.
(c) Daily Telegraph
(d) Weekly Reader.

12. What disease took the life of Churchill's father?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Cancer.

13. What does "remember Tonypandy" refer to?
(a) When Churchill had to put troops on stand-by during riots.
(b) When Churchill defeated incoming troops.
(c) When Churchill had to bomb Germany's Tonypandy.
(d) When Churchill fought for the people's rights at Tonypandy.

14. What was Churchill's battalion nicknamed while he was commanding the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers?
(a) New Army.
(b) Green Army.
(c) Scotties.
(d) Failsiliers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Churchill was involved with the Malakand Field Force, fighting which group?

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

3. The author believes Churchill looks:

4. What was Churchill's primary task while serving in India?

5. When Churchill was first elected to the House of Commons, what was the election nicknamed?

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