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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote that the House of Commons needed to only pay attention to "British interests"?
(a) Robert Emmet.
(b) Oliver Cromwell.
(c) David Lloyd George.
(d) Sir Edward Grey.

2. Who delivered the speech "Our Government" one hundred and fifty years after the first Congress of the U.S. met?
(a) Anthony Eden.
(b) Thomas Dewey.
(c) Charles Evans Hughes.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

3. Who was an English novelist that spoke about "English Friendship for America"?
(a) James Russell Lowell.
(b) Julia Ward Howe.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Charles Dickens.

4. Who was the leader of the Conservative party and was highly respected for his efforts toward Canadian prestige and unity?
(a) Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
(b) Sir Robert Borden.
(c) Simon Bolivar.
(d) Sir John Macdonald.

5. What significant event of the American Revolution did Maverick, Gray, Caldwell, Attucks and Carr die?
(a) The Boston Tea Party.
(b) The Boston Battle.
(c) The midnight ride.
(d) The Boston Massacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which territory did Sir Wilfrid Laurier discuss on the floor of the House of Commons?

2. In the speech, "The Search for International Cooperation", what country did Pierre Mandes-France suggest France had a concern?

3. Who was a British playwright and novelist that delivered the speech "Literature and the Press"?

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

5. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?

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