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

2. Churchill left Cuba a full member of:
(a) The Sandhursts.
(b) The Royal Air Force.
(c) The Conservative Party.
(d) The Hussars.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which appointment brought Churchill to the forefront of Britain's involvement in Europe's growing military confrontation?

2. What happened to Churchill during his first war as a soldier?

3. What seemed the touchstone of last-gasp Churchillianism?

4. What were Ark Royal and Iron Duke?

5. Whose biography did Churchill write?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Churchill's mother spend the time during her marriage to Lord Randolph Churchill?

3. What did Churchill learn from his Army experience?

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

5. What was Churchill's social life like?

6. What happened as a result of the British being obligated by treaty to defend Belgium?

7. Whom were Churchill's children?

8. What kind of student was Churchill?

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

10. While in the Army in India, what was Churchill's focus and passion?

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