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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the speech "Nationalism in India", how did the speaker feel that the countrymen will truly gain their India?
(a) By fighting against Muslims.
(b) By fighting against the government.
(c) By fighting against Christianity.
(d) By fighting against education.

2. According to a speech Edward Everett, which two men died in the same day?
(a) Adams and Hamilton.
(b) Adams and Washington.
(c) Washington and Jefferson.
(d) Adams and Jefferson.

3. In what United States city did Sir Wilfrid Laurier defend Great Britain's cause, and support for the Great War?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

4. Who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for over half a century and delivered the speech "Live--I am Coming"?
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Elihu Root.
(d) John Marshall.

5. Who supported non-intervention and national and liberal movements in Europe?
(a) Thomas Babington Macaulay.
(b) Richard Cobden.
(c) John Bright.
(d) George Canning.

6. According to Daniel Webster, who erected the government of the U.S.?
(a) The people.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The British.
(d) George Washington.

7. Who was known as the "Liberator of South America" and was a great military leader and statesman?
(a) Simon Bolivar.
(b) Poncho Villa.
(c) Jan Smuts.
(d) Cortez.

8. Who was one of the greatest orators of the French Revolution, although the speakers was impaired by a painful stammer?
(a) Desmoulins.
(b) Frederick the Great.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Mirabeau.

9. In the speech "On His Condemnation to Death", who did the speaker tell the judges to punish?
(a) The Athenians.
(b) The judges.
(c) The king.
(d) His sons.

10. According to the speech "England's Position", what country gave Belgium an ultimatum?
(a) Denmark.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

11. Who was a great statesmen and economist that won world fame as a powerful advocate of free trade?
(a) John Bright.
(b) Thomas Babington Macaulay.
(c) Richard Cobden.
(d) George Canning.

12. Who wrote about Phillip's "violation of the peace"?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Demosthenes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Cato the Elder.

13. Who renounced all worldliness and led a life of self-denial and religious devotion, preaching the gospel to the rich and poor?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) St. Benard.

14. Who was a powerful supporter of Cicero in defeating the conspiracy of Catiline against the Roman government?
(a) Marc Antony.
(b) Cato the Younger.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Marcus Brutus.

15. According to Sir Robert Borden's speech "The Voice of the Empire", how many years had gone by without a threat of their empire?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the famous Pullman strike and identified with the Socialist movement?

2. In the speech "Farewell to the Old Guard", how many years had the speaker accompanied the soldiers on their road to "honor and glory"?

3. Why were unions first formed?

4. According to Hannibal's speech "To His Soldiers", what river was larger and more impetuous than the Rhone River?

5. According to the speech "On the Dissolution of Parliament", who was seized so Colonel Overton might lead the army?

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