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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 "American Labor", what was the best market for American agriculture?
(a) The American Farmer.
(b) The people of Europe.
(c) American labor.
(d) The poorer nations of Africa.

2. What organization required a nuclear backdrop far beyond the capability of any Western European nation to supply?
(a) United Nations.
(b) Peace Corps.
(c) NATO.
(d) NAACP.

3. According to Smuts, what was the greatest military empire that ever existed?
(a) Persian Empire.
(b) Byzantine Empire.
(c) German Empire.
(d) Roman Empire.

4. Who was a lawyer and railroad executive that was known for his after-dinner speeches?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Joseph Hodges Choate.
(c) George Graham Vest.
(d) Chauncy Mitchell Depew.

5. According to Horace Porter, what was the woman's first home?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the speech, "American and the War", what is not America's noblest destiny?

2. Who delivered the speech "Our Government" one hundred and fifty years after the first Congress of the U.S. met?

3. What significant event of the American Revolution did Maverick, Gray, Caldwell, Attucks and Carr die?

4. Who made a plea to Lord Mayor in 1882 to come to the aid of the Russian Jews?

5. According to Isocrates, which war did he believe may be the most famous of Athenian history?

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