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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 known as a militant and nick-named "The Tiger"?
(a) Alexander Kerensky.
(b) Georges Clemenceau.
(c) Leon Trotsky.
(d) Otto Van Bismarck.

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

3. Who was probably the outstanding leader of the abolitionist movement and president of the American Anti-Slavery Society?
(a) Martin Van Buren.
(b) William Lloyd Garrison.
(c) John Calhoun.
(d) Henry Clay.

4. Which state was organized by people within a region and abandoned slavery?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Arkansas.

5. Who was that first Secretary of Treasury that was killed in a duel?
(a) James Madison.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a radical advocate during the Reign of Terror that inspired the National Assembly and people to fight the enemies of the Revolution?

2. Eisenhower stated that a common bind existed between a rice grower in Burma and a wheat planter of what U.S. state?

3. According to the speech, "A Grave Situation", how many years did the British Fleet control the Atlantic Ocean?

4. In the speech "To His Troops", Lucius Sergius Catiline stated two armies opposed their progress. Rome was one, what was the other army?

5. Who believed that the Canadian people entered WWII on their own free will?

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