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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Grover Cleveland refer to as a discoverer, dreamer, hero and apostle?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Magellan.
(c) Meriweather Lewis.
(d) Ponce de Leon.

2. Who was known as a militant and nick-named "The Tiger"?
(a) Otto Van Bismarck.
(b) Alexander Kerensky.
(c) Georges Clemenceau.
(d) Leon Trotsky.

3. According the the sermon "On Suffering Persecution", who holds forth to us the immortal crown?
(a) The Queen.
(b) The King.
(c) The Prince.
(d) God.

4. Who wrote that "the decision to dissolve Parliament was based on the best interests of the public"?
(a) David Lloyd George.
(b) Sir Edward Grey.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) Emmeline Pankhurst.

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

6. Who was a philosopher, diplomat and statesmen that had great abilities in different fields of study?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) John Marshall.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

7. According to John Bright, what law was very unsettled or bad?
(a) Maritime law.
(b) Trade law.
(c) State law.
(d) Trent's law.

8. In the speech "Farewell to the Old Guard", how many years had the speaker accompanied the soldiers on their road to "honor and glory"?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

9. Who was a Shawnee and said that white people have no right to take the land from the Indians?
(a) Wild Bear.
(b) Red Jacket.
(c) Tecumseh.
(d) Crazy Horse.

10. What country was Warren Hastings the British governor?
(a) India.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Honduras.

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

12. According to Mohandas Ghandi, how many inhabitants of India professed the faith of Islam?
(a) 700 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 70 million.
(d) 30 million.

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

14. In the speech "Funeral Orations" the speaker addressed which group of people first?
(a) The sons.
(b) The barbarians.
(c) The victims.
(d) The forefathers.

15. Who was the leader of the Conservative party and was highly respected for his efforts toward Canadian prestige and unity?
(a) Sir John Macdonald.
(b) Sir Robert Borden.
(c) Simon Bolivar.
(d) Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was "On the Crown" written?

2. Who was that first Secretary of Treasury that was killed in a duel?

3. Who delivered the speech "Before the Diet of Worms"?

4. According to the speech "Speaking for the Consumer", what percentage is the middle class worker and consumer?

5. According to Sir Robert Borden's speech "The Voice of the Empire", how many years had gone by without a threat of their empire?

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