Winston Churchill: A Penguin Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

John Keegan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Winston Churchill: A Penguin Life Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

John Keegan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. As a youth Churchill enjoyed:

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

3. When did Churchill return to the Conservative party?

4. Which country was Britain obligated to defend by honoring it's treaty?

5. What was the riskiest move a British Parliamentarian can make?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Churchill do after leaving the Army?

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

5. What happened in Tonypandy?

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

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

8. Whom were Churchill's children?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Churchill read voraciously while with the military stationed in India. List and discuss the books and/or authors Churchill read while in India. Discuss why these particular books and/or author were important to Churchill.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How did Churchill feel about communism? How did this view affect Churchill's willingness to work with Stalin during WWII?

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