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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the heads of the "Big Four" meet to discuss world problems "at the summit"?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
(d) Geneva, Switzerland.

2. Who was arrested on the basis of slanderous materials and eventually was killed?
(a) Comrade Eikhe.
(b) Marshal Zhukov.
(c) Joseph Stalin.
(d) Nikita Khrushchev.

3. According to Haile Selassie, which country was the first to be threatened by Fascist Italy?
(a) France.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Algeria.

4. Who said that the United States now has her second opportunity to make the world safe for democracy?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Henry Wallace.
(c) Norman Thomas.
(d) Dorothy Thompson.

5. The year 1955 celebrated how many years since the United Nations was chartered?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

6. Who believed that the Canadian people entered WWII on their own free will?
(a) Clement R. Attlee.
(b) W.L. Mackenzie King.
(c) Anthony Eden.
(d) Winston Churchill.

7. What was torn from nature a secret so vast in its potentialities that our minds cower from the terror it creates?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Science.
(c) War.
(d) Mathematics.

8. According Benito Mussolini in "A Call to Arms", what would Italy answer economic sanctions with?
(a) High tariffs.
(b) War.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Increased production of products.

9. What program did Truman state we "keep our full weight behind"?
(a) Russia Recovery Program.
(b) South-east Asia Recovery Program.
(c) European Recovery Program.
(d) Japan Recovery Program.

10. What continent was the topic of Henry Morton Stanley's speech?
(a) Asia.
(b) North America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

11. According to the speech, "United States Far Eastern Policy", what did the speaker suggest that Democrats and Republicans avoid?
(a) Atomic war.
(b) Disunity as a country.
(c) Conflict with any eastern country.
(d) Constant bickering.

12. In Einstein's speech "Peace in the Atomic Age", what appeared to be on the public horizon as a probable and attainable goal?
(a) The H-bomb.
(b) Color television.
(c) Nuclear power plants.
(d) World domination.

13. What country was founded on the principles not to oppress the undefended, nor fear the aggressive?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Korea.

14. Which country did Italy receive modest material aid from during the war?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Turkey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was thought to be a great lawyer and believed that every man owes a duty to his profession?

2. According to Douglas MacArthur, what was considered to be a "global threat"?

3. Who said "I think Music has the most mighty, universal, and immediate effect"?

4. According to the speech, "I Need Your Confidence", what was France's supreme resource?

5. Who was the leader and Presidential candidate for the socialist party for many years?

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