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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. According to the speech "On the Dissolution of Parliament", who was seized so Colonel Overton might lead the army?
(a) Oliver Cromwell.
(b) Sir Robert Walpole.
(c) Sir Edward Grey.
(d) General Monk.

2. According to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, what still offered her bounty, and human efforts multiplied it?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Nature.

3. Who was a British playwright and novelist that delivered the speech "Literature and the Press"?
(a) Lord Bacon.
(b) Lord Cecil.
(c) Sir James Matthew Barrie.
(d) Irvin S. Cobb

4. Who was a radical advocate during the Reign of Terror that inspired the National Assembly and people to fight the enemies of the Revolution?
(a) Desmoulins.
(b) Louis XVI.
(c) Danton.
(d) Mirabeau.

5. What was founded on the exploitation of the weaknesses of the human heart?
(a) The Magna Carta.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) Nazi propaganda.
(d) The U.S. Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were unions first formed?

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

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?

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

5. What year was the International Year for Tolerance?

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