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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following books did Churchill NOT read during his stay in India?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Macaulay.
(d) Gibbons.

3. Churchill was a leader of which political party?
(a) Republican.
(b) Communist.
(c) Facist.
(d) Conservative.

4. What was the first war Churchill was involved in as a soldier?
(a) Cuban War of Independence.
(b) Mexican/Spanish War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

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

6. During the Malakand Expedition, British troops held firm. Which group ran in the face of danger?
(a) Jain.
(b) Sikh.
(c) Russian.
(d) Sepoys

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

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

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

10. Churchill left the Boer war to do what?
(a) Resume his search for a seat in Parliament.
(b) Convalesce in hospital.
(c) Return to his ailing mother.
(d) Find love.

11. British regiments would not look at what group as fighting equals?
(a) Indian troops.
(b) American troops.
(c) African-American troops.
(d) British Lower-class.

12. The author believes Churchill looks:
(a) Dapper.
(b) Heroic
(c) Unsoldierly.
(d) Dignified.

13. What had Churchill been sparked to do during his time in the military?
(a) Write about military strategies.
(b) Remake his political life.
(c) Retire and move to the country.
(d) Fight for equality.

14. What was the first paper Churchill ever sign on to work for?
(a) Bugle.
(b) Floyd County Times.
(c) Britain's Post.
(d) Pioneer.

15. What did Churchill choose to promote and protect rather than increase Army corps to compete with France and Germany?
(a) Royal Navy & industrial/commercial strength.
(b) Royal Navy.
(c) Private military corps.
(d) Industrial/commercial strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Keegan do to pass the time while studying abroad?

2. What was the Enchantress?

3. What were Ark Royal and Iron Duke?

4. What army had the British regiment reforms of 1870-1880 been modeled after?

5. Who changed Churchill's mind during the Irish Rebellion?

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