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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of student was Churchill in his early school years?
(a) He was a terrible student.
(b) He enjoyed school immensely.
(c) He was always at the top of his class.
(d) He did not attend school until his teens.

2. What did Keegan do to pass the time while studying abroad?
(a) Listens to records.
(b) Volunteers.
(c) Interviews political icons.
(d) Reads in the library.

3. Who was important to Churchill's entrance into military armed services?
(a) General Robert E Lee.
(b) General John J. Pershing.
(c) Captain Walter James.
(d) Captain James Cook.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Churchill usually have in his hand?

2. What is a Dreadnought?

3. What were Ark Royal and Iron Duke?

4. Whose biography did Churchill write?

5. What was the first war Churchill was involved in as a soldier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things excluded Lord Randolph Churchill from political office?

2. What was the political climate when the author was a young adult in Britain?

3. What kinds of things tainted the line of the Duke of Marlborough for generations? Who restored it's good name?

4. What happened when Churchill got involved with the Hussars in India fighting against a group of Muslim Pathans?

5. How did Churchill end up leading the 21st Lancers?

6. Whom did Churchill marry and why?

7. What happened to Churchill during the Boer War?

8. What did Churchill accomplish while at Sandhurst military school?

9. Why was Churchill skeptical of expanding British Imperial holdings?

10. What did Churchill do after leaving the Army?

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