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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who advocated for anti-slavery and woman's suffrage and was arrested for voting in a presidential election?
(a) Dred Scott.
(b) Susan B. Anthony.
(c) Elizabeth Stanton.
(d) Jane Addams.

3. According to the speech, "United States Far Eastern Policy", what did the speaker suggest that Democrats and Republicans avoid?
(a) Disunity as a country.
(b) Constant bickering.
(c) Conflict with any eastern country.
(d) Atomic war.

4. According to the speech, "I Need Your Confidence", what was France's supreme resource?
(a) Labor.
(b) Industry.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Water.

5. Who wrote about Phillip's "violation of the peace"?
(a) Cato the Elder.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Demosthenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the speech "Address at Angostura", what empire was America compared to after their separation from Spain?

2. Who delivered the speech "Defense Against the Charges" and ultimately saved the speaker from the guillotine?

3. Which former President was compared to Franklin Roosevelt, who was a courageous, virile champion of just and righteous peace, and a foe of those who put peace before righteousness?

4. Who was the first non-slaveholding citizen of a free State who won election in the Democratic party?

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

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