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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. Which house defeated the budget introduced by David Lloyd George?

2. Which child later became Churchill's official biographer?

3. Churchill left the Boer war to do what?

4. What does "remember Tonypandy" refer to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of student was Churchill?

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

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

6. What country challenged Britain for dominance on the high seas?

7. Why was Churchill skeptical of expanding British Imperial holdings?

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

9. Whom did Churchill marry and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the 1929 stock market crash in the United States affect other countries?

Essay Topic 2

Churchill had many and varying positive personality traits and qualities. What were some of these positive qualities? Conversely, Churchill was not perfect. What were some of the negative personality traits that Churchill had? What, in your opinion, was the most important personality trait that Churchill possessed?

Essay Topic 3

What state was Europe in when Churchill became Prime Minister? How did Churchill react to these conditions?

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