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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was known as the "Liberator of Ireland"?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) Charles Stewart Parnell.
(c) Robert Emmet.
(d) Arthur Griffith.

2. Who delivered the speech "Before the Diet of Worms"?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) St. Francis.

3. Which writing stated that laws no longer carry any weight with the people who do whatever they please, regardless of what is morally right?
(a) "A Second Crusade".
(b) "Voltaire".
(c) "On Suffering Persecution".
(d) "Before the Diet of Worms".

4. According to the speech "Rendezvous with Despair", what is the only answer to gloomy predictions regarding the growth of the country?
(a) A new social program.
(b) A new employment law.
(c) A new amendment.
(d) History.

5. According to the speech "England's Position", what country gave Belgium an ultimatum?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Italy.

6. In the speech "To His Troops", Lucius Sergius Catiline stated two armies opposed their progress. Rome was one, what was the other army?
(a) The Greek army.
(b) The Trojans.
(c) Gaul.
(d) Corinth.

7. According to Daniel Webster, who erected the government of the U.S.?
(a) The British.
(b) The Indians.
(c) George Washington.
(d) The people.

8. Who delivered the speech "Defense Against the Charges" and ultimately saved the speaker from the guillotine?
(a) Marat.
(b) Mirabeau.
(c) Danton.
(d) Robespierre.

9. What significant event of the American Revolution did Maverick, Gray, Caldwell, Attucks and Carr die?
(a) The Boston Massacre.
(b) The midnight ride.
(c) The Boston Battle.
(d) The Boston Tea Party.

10. Who believed that if everyone understood the facts, no one would question England's involvement in the war?
(a) David Lloyd George.
(b) Sir Edward Grey.
(c) Cardinal Manning.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

11. According to Charles James Fox, what was Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) A lover of military glory.
(b) A lover of England.
(c) A lover of hiking.
(d) A lover of money.

12. Who expressed strong admiration for Voltaire?
(a) Napolean Bonaparte.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) Victor Hugo.

13. Who was probably the outstanding leader of the abolitionist movement and president of the American Anti-Slavery Society?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) John Calhoun.
(d) Martin Van Buren.

14. According to Cicero, who had upheld and continued to uphold freedom by zeal and wisdom?
(a) Lucius Opimius.
(b) Caius Marius.
(c) Caius Caesar.
(d) Marcus Fulvius.

15. What empire did Isocrates tell Greece to resist?
(a) The Roman .
(b) The Prussian.
(c) The Ottoman.
(d) The Persian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which territory did Sir Wilfrid Laurier discuss on the floor of the House of Commons?

2. Who was known as a militant and nick-named "The Tiger"?

3. According to Mohandas Ghandi, how many inhabitants of India professed the faith of Islam?

4. According to John L. Lewis' "The Rights of Labor", what opposed communism?

5. Who was a powerful supporter of Cicero in defeating the conspiracy of Catiline against the Roman government?

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