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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the speech "To His Troops", where did Catiline say people waited after losing their property?
(a) Rome.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Athens.

2. Who made a plea to Lord Mayor in 1882 to come to the aid of the Russian Jews?
(a) Cardinal Manning.
(b) Emmeline Pankhurst.
(c) Oliver Cromwell .
(d) John Wesley.

3. Who told the troops that men under his command are only his allies?
(a) Frederick the Great.
(b) Napolean Bonaparte.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Leon Trotsky.

4. Who delivered the speech "Before the Diet of Worms"?
(a) John Calvin.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) St. Francis.

5. 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) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

6. In a speech delivered on February 3, 1800, who refused to negotiate with Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(b) Warren Hastings.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) William Pitt.

7. What event inspired the speech known as "Funeral Oration"?
(a) The Persian War.
(b) The Italian War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Peloponnesian War.

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

9. Who was convicted of bribery?
(a) Sir Robert Walpole.
(b) David Lloyd George.
(c) Sir Edward Grey.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

10. Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1944 and said "we have a rendezvous with destiny"?
(a) John L. Lewis.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Thomas E. Dewey.
(d) Charles Evan Hughes.

11. 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) St. Benard.
(d) John Calvin.

12. In what year was "On the Crown" written?
(a) 330 A.D.
(b) 540 B.C.
(c) 344 B.C.
(d) 330 B.C.

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

14. Who advocated for anti-slavery and woman's suffrage and was arrested for voting in a presidential election?
(a) Susan B. Anthony.
(b) Elizabeth Stanton.
(c) Dred Scott.
(d) Jane Addams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cardinal Mercer, who was the most authoritative teacher of Christian Theology?

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

3. What country was the Volga district the center of attention?

4. Who believed that if everyone understood the facts, no one would question England's involvement in the war?

5. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?

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