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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Survey of Speeches by Black Americans and Important Speeches of 1974-1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was convicted of bribery?
(a) Sir Edward Grey.
(b) Oliver Cromwell.
(c) Sir Robert Walpole.
(d) David Lloyd George.

2. Who believed that we have many things to learn from the West?
(a) Sun Yat-sen.
(b) Mohandas Ghandi.
(c) Simon Bolivar.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore.

3. Who believed that the Canadian people entered WWII on their own free will?
(a) W.L. Mackenzie King.
(b) Anthony Eden.
(c) Clement R. Attlee.
(d) Winston Churchill.

4. According to the speech, "American and the War", what is not America's noblest destiny?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Peace.
(c) Empire.
(d) Free country.

5. Who gave the speech known as the "Funeral Oration?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Julius Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after being nominated was Vaclav Havel elected President?

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

3. What has "fixed a deep gulf between you and us" according to Henry Highland Garnet?

4. What were solemn celebrations of the union of Christ and his church that led to the universal radiation of truth?

5. Who developed an architectural style that constituted one of the chief movements in 20th century design?

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