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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. What had Churchill been sparked to do during his time in the military?

2. What fuel did the Queen Elizabeth class of fast battleships run on?

3. David Lloyd George proposed introducing a supertax on the very rich in a budget named what?

4. Where did Keegan go to study?

5. What did Churchill's mother send him while he was in India?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Whom did Churchill marry and why?

4. What happened in Tonypandy?

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

6. What was the author John Keegan's initial opinion of Churchill?

7. What kind of student was Churchill?

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

9. What did Churchill learn from his Army experience?

10. What event hurt Churchill politically and forced his retirement?

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

Why do you think Churchill had a gut sympathy for fighters? What specific instances give proof of this sympathy?

Essay Topic 3

The specter of poverty hung over Britain after the stock market crash. What government measures enhanced the problems associated with the crash? Compare these measures with those taken by the government of the United Sates of America in today's economic downturn.

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