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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Informal Speeches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Douglas MacArthur, what was considered to be a "global threat"?
(a) Communism.
(b) Recession.
(c) Nuclear war.
(d) The Nazi Regime.

2. Who was the leader and Presidential candidate for the socialist party for many years?
(a) Norman Thomas.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Henry Wallace.
(d) Dorothy Thompson.

3. Who was the first non-slaveholding citizen of a free State who won election in the Democratic party?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Martin Van Buren.
(d) John Adams.

4. According to the speech "On the Dissolution of Parliament", who was seized so Colonel Overton might lead the army?
(a) Sir Robert Walpole.
(b) Sir Edward Grey.
(c) General Monk.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

5. According to Smuts, what was the greatest military empire that ever existed?
(a) Persian Empire.
(b) Byzantine Empire.
(c) Roman Empire.
(d) German Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What significant event of the American Revolution did Maverick, Gray, Caldwell, Attucks and Carr die?

2. Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949 and was one of the great American novelists in the 20th century?

3. Who was one of the most gifted poets in Britain known for his voice, poetry readings and his speeches?

4. In what year was "On the Crown" written?

5. In the speech, "The Search for International Cooperation", what country did Pierre Mandes-France suggest France had a concern?

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