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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through United States and the Second World War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) Charles Lindbergh.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) James Conant.
(d) Cordell Hull.

2. Who wrote that "the decision to dissolve Parliament was based on the best interests of the public"?
(a) Emmeline Pankhurst.
(b) David Lloyd George.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) Sir Edward Grey.

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

4. According to John Bright, what law was very unsettled or bad?
(a) Trade law.
(b) Trent's law.
(c) State law.
(d) Maritime law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was known as the "Liberator of South America" and was a great military leader and statesman?

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

3. Who believed that if everyone understood the facts, no one would question England's involvement in the war?

4. According to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, what still offered her bounty, and human efforts multiplied it?

5. According to the speech "Rendezvous with Despair", what is the only answer to gloomy predictions regarding the growth of the country?

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