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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Churchill attend military school?
(a) Aldershot.
(b) Sandhurst.
(c) Eton.
(d) Waterloo.

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

3. What happened to Churchill during his first war as a soldier?
(a) He was put in a leadership position immediately.
(b) He was awarded a Purple Heart.
(c) He went AWOL.
(d) He was shot.

4. How did Churchill qualify for his military training?
(a) Through his elite background.
(b) Through a tutor and rote military learning.
(c) Through his lineage.
(d) Through his natural-born talents.

5. What was the riskiest move a British Parliamentarian can make?
(a) Voting against his party.
(b) Freelancing the bill.
(c) Bidding for re-election.
(d) Crossing the floor.

6. How did Churchill win his soldiers' respect and affection?
(a) Through his motivational speeches.
(b) Through his aggressive tactics.
(c) Through his humor.
(d) Through his displays of total indifference to danger.

7. What seemed the touchstone of last-gasp Churchillianism?
(a) Overturn of Socialism.
(b) Overturn of Nazism.
(c) Control of Aisne River.
(d) Suez Canal control.

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

9. What famous Churchill line did the author first hear?
(a) "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. "
(b) "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. "
(c) "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. "
(d) "Conquer we must; conquer we shall."

10. Churchill's life was almost devoid of:
(a) Friends.
(b) Critics.
(c) Direction.
(d) Purpose.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Churchill return to the Conservative party?

3. When fighting the Boers, what happened to the British company Churchill was in?

4. What did Lloyd George and Churchill battle over?

5. Churchill toured Britain, Canada and the United States for 4 months doing what?

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