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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 delivered a speech over the dead body of Caesar in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?
(a) Marc Antony.
(b) Marcus Brutus.
(c) Decius Brutus.
(d) Caius Cassius.

2. Who led the famous Pullman strike and identified with the Socialist movement?
(a) Stephen Wise.
(b) Elihu Root.
(c) William Edgar Borah.
(d) Eugene Victor Debs.

3. Who responded to a death sentence for being a heretic in a speech called "On His Condemnation to Death"?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Plato.

4. According to Mohandas Ghandi, how many inhabitants of India professed the faith of Islam?
(a) 30 million.
(b) 700 million.
(c) 70 million.
(d) 7 million.

5. In the speech "Nationalism in India", how did the speaker feel that the countrymen will truly gain their India?
(a) By fighting against Christianity.
(b) By fighting against education.
(c) By fighting against the government.
(d) By fighting against Muslims.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that "a person should seek to be holy on earth in order to achieve rewards in heaven"?

2. Before leaving to live in the White House, what city did Lincoln live?

3. According to Sir Robert Borden's speech "The Voice of the Empire", how many years had gone by without a threat of their empire?

4. According the the sermon "On Suffering Persecution", who holds forth to us the immortal crown?

5. Who believed that if everyone understood the facts, no one would question England's involvement in the war?

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