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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. Which former President was compared to Franklin Roosevelt, who was a courageous, virile champion of just and righteous peace, and a foe of those who put peace before righteousness?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) William McKinley.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

2. According the the sermon "On Suffering Persecution", who holds forth to us the immortal crown?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The King.
(c) The Queen.
(d) God.

3. Who believed that we have many things to learn from the West?
(a) Sun Yat-sen.
(b) Mohandas Ghandi.
(c) Simon Bolivar.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore.

4. Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1944 and said "we have a rendezvous with destiny"?
(a) John L. Lewis.
(b) Thomas E. Dewey.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Charles Evan Hughes.

5. According to the speech "Speaking for the Consumer", what percentage is the middle class worker and consumer?
(a) 60%
(b) 50%
(c) 70%
(d) 80%

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader and Presidential candidate for the socialist party for many years?

2. Who was thirty-six years old and one of the greatest dramatists and orators of his period in Parliament?

3. Who made a plea to Lord Mayor in 1882 to come to the aid of the Russian Jews?

4. Who was interested in politics, but placed social reforms before political independence?

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

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