The World's Great Speeches Test | Final Test - Easy

Lewis Copeland
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The World's Great Speeches Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was founded on the exploitation of the weaknesses of the human heart?
(a) Nazi propaganda.
(b) The U.S. Constitution.
(c) The Magna Carta.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

2. What continent was the topic of Henry Morton Stanley's speech?
(a) Europe.
(b) Asia.
(c) North America.
(d) Africa.

3. According to Fulton Sheen, who said "We are becoming a warlike nation--that is to say, one endowed to a higher degree with virtues of obedience, sacrifice, and dedication to country"?
(a) Benito Mussolini.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

4. Who was an English novelist that spoke about "English Friendship for America"?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) James Russell Lowell.
(d) Julia Ward Howe.

5. According to the speech, "A Grave Situation", how many years did the British Fleet control the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) More than 250 years.
(d) Over 100 years.

6. According Benito Mussolini in "A Call to Arms", what would Italy answer economic sanctions with?
(a) Discipline.
(b) War.
(c) Increased production of products.
(d) High tariffs.

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

8. Who was one of the most gifted poets in Britain known for his voice, poetry readings and his speeches?
(a) Walter Philip Reuther.
(b) Dylan Thomas.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) J. Robert Oppenheimer.

9. The year 1955 celebrated how many years since the United Nations was chartered?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

10. In the speech Dunkirk by Winston Churchill, which country was the aggressor?
(a) The United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japan.
(d) Russia.

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

12. According to the speech, "I Need Your Confidence", what was France's supreme resource?
(a) Industry.
(b) Labor.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Water.

13. According to Owen D. Young, what did not "exist in a form of powder, a mere mass of incoherent particles"?
(a) Society.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Culture.
(d) Peace.

14. According to Eisenhower, what was a continuing imperative with mutual honor and confidence?
(a) War.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Disarmament.
(d) Civil rights.

15. Where was the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace held in 1936?
(a) Brazilia, Brazil.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Geneva, Switzerland.
(d) Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.F.K. in his Inaugural address said man had the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of what?

2. The arms race was between the United States and what country?

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

4. According to the speech, "United States Far Eastern Policy", what did the speaker suggest that Democrats and Republicans avoid?

5. Who was the director of the laboratories in Los Alamos, NM, where the atomic bomb was perfected?

(see the answer keys)

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