First Year at Harrow by Winston Churchill (Objective type and Study Questions)

- September 30, 2017

First Year at Harrow

First year at Harrow is written by _____________________.

(a)G.B Shaw (b) Liam O’Flaherty (c) Frank S. Skarpiti (d) Winston S.Churchil

How old was Churchil when he entered the inhospitable regions of examination.

(a) 10 years (b) 12 years (c) 14 years (d) 8 years

The subjects that were dearest to the examiners were those I _____________least.

(a) Liked (b) disliked (c) fancied (d) loved

I would have liked to be examined in history, poetry and writing __________.

(a) Essays (b) Articles (c) Stories (d) Novels

The examiners on the other hand were partial to ___________ and ___________.

(a) Latin and Physics (b) Latin and Greek (c) Greek and Mathematics (d) Latin and Mathematics

The examiners sought to expose my _____________.

(a) Knowledge (b) Wisdom (c) Ignorance (d) Weakness

Churchil did not do well in ______________.

(a) Examination (b) College (c) School (d) Class

This was especially true of my Entrance Examination to _______________.

(a) Oxford (b) Harvard (c) Harrow (d) Cambridge

Mr. Welldon took a broadminded view of Churchil’s ______________.

(a) Essay Writing (b) Prose (c) Poetry (d) Latin

Mr. Welldon showed ________________ in judging my general ability.

(a) Discernment (b) Intelligence (c) Wisdom (d) Honesty

I gained no more advantage from _____________ than the wider sphere of letters.

(a) Integers (b) Alphabet (c) Addition (d) Grammar

I continued in this _______________ situation for nearly a year.

(a) Unpretentious (b) Prominent (c) Vintage (d) Important

I gained immense _____________ over the cleverer boys.

(a) Disadvantage (b) Benefit (c) Advantage (d) Profit

The cleverer boy went on to learn __________ and __________ and splendid things like that.

(a) Latin and Mathematics (b) Greek and History (c) Greek and English (d) Latin and Greek

Churchill won the noble prize for literature in _________.

Churchill was born in __________.

_____________ was charged with the task of teaching English to the stupidest of students.

(a) Mr. Welldon (b) Mr. Churchill (c) Mr. Somervell (d) Mr. Frank

The only thing Churchill would whip them for is not knowing ____________.

(a) English (b) French (c) Greek (d) Latin

We were considered such ________ that we could learn only English.

(a) Fools (b) Clowns (c) Intelligent (d) Dunces

Churchill was also the Prime Minister of ____________.

(a) France (b) Germany (c) America (d) England

Qs & As.

1. How old was Churchill when he entered the “the inhospitable regions of examinations?

Churchill was scarcely twelve years old when he entered the inhospitable regions of examinations. He was destined to pass through these regions for the next seven years of his life.

2. Which subjects were dearest to Churchill and which ones were fancied by the examiners?

The subjects dearest to Churchill were history, poetry and writing essays and he would have liked to be examined in these subjects. The examiners, on the other hand were partial to Latin and mathematics and their will prevailed.

3. In what way did Mr. Welldon take a broadminded view of Churchill’s Latin?

Churchill was found unable to answer even a single question in his Latin paper. He just wrote his name at the top of the paper and after that he could not write a single word. Despite this, Mr. Welldon admitted him in Harrow taking a broadminded minded view of his Latin.