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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 did Keegan first find fascinating about Churchill?

2. What was the most memorable episode during Churchill's time at the Home Office?

3. What sport did Churchill enjoy playing immensely?

4. What kind of student was Churchill in his early school years?

5. What was the first paper Churchill ever sign on to work for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom were Churchill's children?

3. How was Churchill able to qualify for British armed services?

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

5. What did John Keegan find when he came to New York to study?

6. Churchill became president of the Board of Trade where he became familiar with those resisting British rule throughout the world. What groups did he admire and which groups did he despise?

7. What happened to Churchill during the Boer War?

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

9. What first caught John Keegan's attention about Churchill?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Churchill was involved in a terrorist episode with leader Peter the Painter. Discuss what happened with these Russian anarchists in this particular episode. Also discuss what Peter the Painter represented during this time.

Essay Topic 3

Churchill experienced three heavy blows between the late 1920s and early 1930s. Name and discuss these three events.

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