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FIRST YEAR AT HARROW

(Sir Winston S. Churchill)
Q.1: How old was Churchill when he had to appear in Entrance Examination at
Harrow?
Ans: When Churchill had to appear in the entrance examination at Harrow he was 12 years old.
Q.2: What were Churchill's views about examination?
Ans: Examination was a great trial for him. He says examinations are the inhospitable
regions
through which he was destined to journey.
Q.3: What were the favourite subjects of examiners?
Ans: Latin, Greek and Mathematics were the favourite subjects of the examiners.
Q.4: Churchill was taught English at Harrow and not Latin and Greek. Was it a gain
or loss?
Ans: Churchill was a creative personality. He got a great benefit of his utmost approach
upon English.
Q.5: What good did his three years' stay at Harrow do him?
Ans: Churchill stayed at Harrow for three years. He got a reasonable command on English.
He learnt the art of writing well.
Q.6: What was the correct name of Churchill?
Ans: Spencer Churchill was his correct name.
Q.7: What were the favourite subjects of Churchill?
Ans: History, poetry and writing essay were the favourite subjects of Churchill.
Q.8: What was Churchill's trouble in answering the questions?
Ans: The questions were so difficult that Churchill was unable to answer a single question.
Q.9: What was Churchill's view about the questions?
Ans: Churchill never knew the answers of the questions. He was never able to give
satisfactory answer.
Q.10: What did the examiners always try to ask?
Ans: The examiners always tried to ask what he did not know
Q.11: What according to Churchill was the aim of the examiners?
Ans: The examiners always aimed to expose the ignorance of the students.
Q.12: What was the one result of difficult questions?
Ans: The only result of the difficult question papers was that he could not do well in the
examination.
Q.13: What was the name of the headmaster?
Ans: The name of the headmaster was Mr.Welldon.
Q.14: What did the headmaster do with Churchill's Latin paper?
Ans: He took a broad-minded view of Churchill's Latin paper. He was a man capable of
looking beneath the surface of things.
Q.15: What happened to Churchill's Latin paper by chance?
Ans: By chance, the ink was spread on Churchill's Latin paper.
Q.16: How long did Churchill expect to live at Harrow?
Ans: Churchill expected to live at Harrow for the next seven years.
Q.17: How did Churchill attempt his Latin paper?
Ans: Churchill was unable to answer a single question. He wrote his name at the top of the
page. He wrote the question number ‘I’ and after some time put a bracket round it like ‘(I)’.
Q.18: What was the sad spectacle?
Ans: The inkblot with several smudges on the paper was the sad spectacle.
Q.19: What was the remarkable quality of the headmaster Mr. Welldon?
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Ans: The remarkable quality of the headmaster was that he could look beneath the surface
of the things: a man not dependent upon paper manifestations.
Q.20: What was Mr. Welldon's final decision about Churchill's admission to
Harrow?
Ans: Finally, Mr. Welldon granted admission to Churchill.
Q.21: How did Churchill praise the headmaster Mr. Welldon?
Ans: Churchill had the greatest regard for Mr. Welldon as he was a broad-minded person
and had a great understanding to judge the ability of the students.
Q.22 To which grade was Churchill granted admission?
Ans: He was granted admission in the third grade that was the lowest grade of the school.
Q.23: How were the names of the boys printed in the school list?
Ans: In the school list the names of the boys were printed alphabetically.
Q.24: What was the tragedy with Churchill name?
Ans: As his correct name, Spencer Churchill, began with ‘S’, he was only two from the
bottom of the whole school and these two disappeared almost immediately. So his
name was the last in the list.
Q.25: What advantage did Churchill have over the cleverer boys?
Ans: Churchill learned English which proved helpful in his practical life while the cleverer
boys learnt Latin and Greek and could not succeed in practical life.
Q.26: Which were subjects the dunces taught in the school?
Ans: The dunces were taught English only.
Q.27: What type of person was their English teacher Mr. Somervell?
Ans: Mr. Somervell was a delightful person.
Q.28: Why was Churchill thankful to his English teacher?
Ans: Churchill was thankful to English teacher because he made him the master of English
language which proved helpful in his practical life.
Q.29: What was the teaching method of Mr. Somervell?
Ans: Mr. Somervell took a very long sentence and used to break it in to different parts by
means of black, red, blue and green inks.
Q.30: What was the disadvantage of the cleverer boy?
Ans: The cleverer boys did not learn English, so, they failed in practical life
Q.31: Why had the cleverer boys not learnt English?
Ans: The cleverer boys had not learnt English to earn their living or to make their way.
Q.32: How would Churchill treat a boy for not knowing English?
Ans: Churchill would give severe punishment to the boys for not knowing English.
Q.33: What is the message of the lesson?
Ans: This lesson shows the weaknesses of examination system and tells us the importance
of national language.
Q.34: How did English studies help Churchill?
Ans: Churchill believes that learning English helped him in his day-to-day life. As English
language was used in all spheres of life, it granted him more fortunes and success in
life.
Q.35: Why did Churchill emphasize teaching of English?
Ans: Churchill loved his country and English the national language,
Q.36: What is Churchill’s advice about learning English and other languages?
Ans: Churchill advises the boys to learn English. However, the cleverer boys should also
learn Latin as an honour and Greek as a treat.

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