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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the leader and Presidential candidate for the socialist party for many years?
(a) Norman Thomas.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Dorothy Thompson.
(d) Henry Wallace.

2. According to Horace Porter, what was the woman's first home?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The Garden of Eden.
(c) South America.
(d) Africa.

3. In the sermon, "On Suffering Persecution", ignominy and what were two opposites?
(a) Envy.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Greed.
(d) Reputation.

4. What event inspired the speech known as "Funeral Oration"?
(a) The Peloponnesian War.
(b) The Italian War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Persian War.

5. Who was a businessman by training, a conservative politician that gave a speech defending the Munich Agreement?
(a) Neville Chamberlain.
(b) Clement R. Attlee.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Anthony Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Einstein's speech "Peace in the Atomic Age", what appeared to be on the public horizon as a probable and attainable goal?

2. In "In Support of the Oppian Law", where did the statues come from that made their way into this city with hostile effect?

3. Who believed that we have many things to learn from the West?

4. According to Anthony Eden's speech "A Firm Policy", what should the objective of foreign policy be?

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

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