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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Cato the Elder.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Pericles.

3. Who delivered a speech over the dead body of Caesar in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?
(a) Decius Brutus.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Caius Cassius.
(d) Marcus Brutus.

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

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

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

7. According to the speech "Bill of Rights", what was only safe by a division of powers and local self-government?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Peace.
(c) Unity.
(d) Love.

8. Who was the editor for the Emporia Gazette and won the Pulitzer Prize?
(a) John L. Lewis.
(b) Thomas E. Dewey.
(c) Clarence Darrow.
(d) William Allen White.

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

10. Which writing stated that laws no longer carry any weight with the people who do whatever they please, regardless of what is morally right?
(a) "On Suffering Persecution".
(b) "Before the Diet of Worms".
(c) "A Second Crusade".
(d) "Voltaire".

11. According to Charles James Fox, what was Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) A lover of money.
(b) A lover of hiking.
(c) A lover of England.
(d) A lover of military glory.

12. 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) Danton.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Mirabeau.

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

14. Who was known as the "Liberator of Ireland"?
(a) Arthur Griffith.
(b) Charles Stewart Parnell.
(c) Robert Emmet.
(d) Daniel O'Connell.

15. What significant event of the American Revolution did Maverick, Gray, Caldwell, Attucks and Carr die?
(a) The Boston Battle.
(b) The midnight ride.
(c) The Boston Tea Party.
(d) The Boston Massacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a Shawnee and said that white people have no right to take the land from the Indians?

2. Who advocated for anti-slavery and woman's suffrage and was arrested for voting in a presidential election?

3. How old was Voltaire when he died?

4. Who started the Hull House, a famous settlement for Social Service in Chicago?

5. According to Mohandas Ghandi, how many inhabitants of India professed the faith of Islam?

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