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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 known as the "Liberator of Ireland"?
(a) Charles Stewart Parnell.
(b) Robert Emmet.
(c) Arthur Griffith.
(d) Daniel O'Connell.

2. What did John D. Rockefeller, Jr. believe the greatest thing in the world was?
(a) Peace.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

3. Who was a great speaker and debater that was opposed to The League of Nations?
(a) William Edgar Borah.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Eugene Victor Debs.
(d) Elihu Root.

4. Who was an educator and scholar that was one of the founders of the NAACP?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Malcolm X.

5. According to William Green's "Modern Trade Unionism", what should not be the heritage of any limited group?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Education.
(c) Trade.
(d) Culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader and Presidential candidate for the socialist party for many years?

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

3. Who was the American poet that was Ambassador to the Court from 1880-1885?

4. Who was the United States' representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and was a valuable presidential adviser?

5. Which writing stated that laws no longer carry any weight with the people who do whatever they please, regardless of what is morally right?

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