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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Canada; South America, South Africa, India and China.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who supported non-intervention and national and liberal movements in Europe?
(a) Richard Cobden.
(b) Thomas Babington Macaulay.
(c) John Bright.
(d) George Canning.

2. In the speech "Address at Angostura", what empire was America compared to after their separation from Spain?
(a) Byzantine Empire.
(b) Persian Empire.
(c) Roman Empire.
(d) Ottoman Empire.

3. According to Charles James Fox, what was Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) A lover of military glory.
(b) A lover of money.
(c) A lover of England.
(d) A lover of hiking.

4. According to Sir Robert Borden's speech "The Voice of the Empire", how many years had gone by without a threat of their empire?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 150 years.

5. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Cato the Elder.
(d) Demosthenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was that first Secretary of Treasury that was killed in a duel?

2. In the speech "To His Troops", where did Catiline say people waited after losing their property?

3. Who was an outspoken imperialist and pursued the expansion of the British empire?

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

5. Who was a great speaker and debater that was opposed to The League of Nations?

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