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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Informal Speeches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who delivered the speech "Our Government" one hundred and fifty years after the first Congress of the U.S. met?
(a) Charles Evans Hughes.
(b) Thomas Dewey.
(c) Anthony Eden.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

3. Who was the Senator of Massachusetts that was probably the most militant advocate of the abolition of slavery in Congress?
(a) William Seward.
(b) Charles Sumner.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) John Calhoun.

4. Eisenhower stated that a common bind existed between a rice grower in Burma and a wheat planter of what U.S. state?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Illinois.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the speech "Powers of the President", what was the President responsible for?

2. According to the speech, "American and the War", what is not America's noblest destiny?

3. Who was one of the most gifted poets in Britain known for his voice, poetry readings and his speeches?

4. According to Hannibal's speech "To His Soldiers", what river was larger and more impetuous than the Rhone River?

5. Who expressed strong admiration for Voltaire?

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