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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through International Affairs and the United States.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The arms race was between the United States and what country?
(a) U.S.S.R.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

2. Before leaving to live in the White House, what city did Lincoln live?
(a) Springfield, MA.
(b) St. Louis, MO.
(c) Lincoln, IL.
(d) Springfield, IL.

3. Who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for over half a century and delivered the speech "Live--I am Coming"?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Elihu Root.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) John Marshall.

4. In the speech, " A Glory has Departed", who was "a glory" referring to?
(a) Dag Hammarskjold.
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru.
(c) Oswaldo Aranha.
(d) Mohandas Ghandi.

5. Who was a Puritan theologian that was famous for his sermons on sin, hell and punishment?
(a) Patrick Henry.
(b) Jonathon Edwards.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) John Hancock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who led the famous Pullman strike and identified with the Socialist movement?

3. Who was a Shawnee and said that white people have no right to take the land from the Indians?

4. According Benito Mussolini in "A Call to Arms", what would Italy answer economic sanctions with?

5. What country was founded on the principles not to oppress the undefended, nor fear the aggressive?

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