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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was interested in politics, but placed social reforms before political independence?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore.
(b) Mohandas Ghandi.
(c) Sun Yat-sen.
(d) Jan C. Smuts.

2. Which state was organized by people within a region and abandoned slavery?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Iowa.

3. In a speech delivered on February 3, 1800, who refused to negotiate with Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) Oliver Cromwell.
(b) Warren Hastings.
(c) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(d) William Pitt.

4. According to John L. Lewis' "The Rights of Labor", what opposed communism?
(a) Free Trade.
(b) Unionization.
(c) Our way of life.
(d) Urbanization.

5. Who was a lawyer and railroad executive that was known for his after-dinner speeches?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Joseph Hodges Choate.
(c) Chauncy Mitchell Depew.
(d) George Graham Vest.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Isocrates, which war did he believe may be the most famous of Athenian history?

2. According to Daniel Webster, who erected the government of the U.S.?

3. According to Eisenhower, the United States wanted to befriend which group of people?

4. According to a speech by Jan C. Smuts, what was wanted by the world?

5. The year 1955 celebrated how many years since the United Nations was chartered?

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