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

2. Who was interested in politics, but placed social reforms before political independence?
(a) Mohandas Ghandi.
(b) Sun Yat-sen.
(c) Rabindranath Tagore.
(d) Jan C. Smuts.

3. Who was imprisoned during World War 2 for a firm stance taken against India's participation in the war without a guarantee of independence?
(a) Mohandas Ghandi.
(b) Oswaldo Aranha.
(c) Dag Hammarskjold.
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru.

4. Who was a former Governor of New York that attacked religious prejudice in American politics?
(a) Clarence Darrow.
(b) William Green.
(c) Alfred E. Smith.
(d) Fiorello H. LaGuardia.

5. Why were unions first formed?
(a) To defend workers against wage reductions and unfair treatment.
(b) To fight for wage increases.
(c) To fight for healthcare for workers.
(d) To fight for employer issued uniforms.

Short Answer Questions

1. According Benito Mussolini in "A Call to Arms", what would Italy answer economic sanctions with?

2. According to Eisenhower, what was a continuing imperative with mutual honor and confidence?

3. Near what city was the facility that manufactured deadly nerve poison that created waste disposal issues?

4. Who was an outspoken imperialist and pursued the expansion of the British empire?

5. Who was an educator and scholar that was one of the founders of the NAACP?

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