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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author, John Keegan, grow up?

2. As a youth Churchill enjoyed:

3. What were Ark Royal and Iron Duke?

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

5. During the authors' generation, which party was creating a social revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Churchill during the Boer War?

3. Whom were Churchill's children?

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

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

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

7. What happened in Tonypandy?

8. Whom did Churchill marry and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the pros and cons of foreign policy. Focus particularly on the creating of military alliances.

Essay Topic 2

After reading this book, has your view of current politics changed? If so, why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

Churchill and George Washington had many similarities in the ways they looked at the wars they were commanding. What were some similarities between the Revolutionary War and World War II? Discuss some of the challenges each faced respectively and how they each chose to handle them.

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