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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 one of the most gifted poets in Britain known for his voice, poetry readings and his speeches?
(a) Dylan Thomas.
(b) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Walter Philip Reuther.
(d) William Faulkner.

2. Who was a British playwright and novelist that delivered the speech "Literature and the Press"?
(a) Sir James Matthew Barrie.
(b) Lord Cecil.
(c) Lord Bacon.
(d) Irvin S. Cobb

3. Who was the first non-slaveholding citizen of a free State who won election in the Democratic party?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Martin Van Buren.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John Adams.

4. Who was a powerful supporter of Cicero in defeating the conspiracy of Catiline against the Roman government?
(a) Marc Antony.
(b) Marcus Brutus.
(c) Cato the Younger.
(d) Julius Caesar.

5. In the speech Dunkirk by Winston Churchill, which country was the aggressor?
(a) Russia.
(b) The United States.
(c) Japan.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country was the Volga district the center of attention?

3. Who said "I think Music has the most mighty, universal, and immediate effect"?

4. Where did the heads of the "Big Four" meet to discuss world problems "at the summit"?

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

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