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

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

3. What was the Enchantress?
(a) The Admiralty yacht.
(b) A doomed battleship.
(c) Churchill's airplane.
(d) The Queen's airplane.

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

5. According to Keegan, Churchill's Dukedom lineage was for years held by what kind of men?
(a) Dishonerable and treacherous men.
(b) Upstanding and intellectual men.
(c) Carefree and flighty men.
(d) Serious and stern men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was Churchill's horse?

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

3. How did Churchill refer to his nanny?

4. What did Lloyd George and Churchill battle over?

5. Churchill saw Britain as the incarnation of it's own:

Short Essay Questions

1. After Churchill's retirement, what did he do next in his career?

2. What did Churchill do after leaving the Army?

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

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

5. During the time of increased German and American economic power, what did Churchill support, despite it becoming less popular with his party?

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

7. Whom did Churchill marry and why?

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

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

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

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