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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who developed an architectural style that constituted one of the chief movements in 20th century design?
(a) Oswaldo Aranha.
(b) Dylan Thomas.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

2. What organization required a nuclear backdrop far beyond the capability of any Western European nation to supply?
(a) NAACP.
(b) NATO.
(c) Peace Corps.
(d) United Nations.

3. In the speech, " A Glory has Departed", who was "a glory" referring to?
(a) Dag Hammarskjold.
(b) Oswaldo Aranha.
(c) Mohandas Ghandi.
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru.

4. According to the speech, "I Need Your Confidence", what was France's supreme resource?
(a) Labor.
(b) Water.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Industry.

5. What lake did Chief Justice Earl Warren's home overlook?
(a) Lake Superior.
(b) Lake Ontario.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) Lake Erie.

6. Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver the "I Have a Dream" speech?
(a) Memphis, TN.
(b) Atlanta, GA.
(c) Birmingham, AL.
(d) Washington, D.C.

7. What were solemn celebrations of the union of Christ and his church that led to the universal radiation of truth?
(a) Papal Councils.
(b) Cardinal Councils.
(c) Ecumenical Councils.
(d) Bishop Councils.

8. Who was the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) Cordell Hull.
(b) Charles Lindbergh.
(c) James Conant.
(d) Henry Stimson.

9. Who was a Democratic candidate for President in two consecutive elections, 1952 and 1956?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

10. Near what city was the facility that manufactured deadly nerve poison that created waste disposal issues?
(a) Skull Valley, Utah.
(b) Khe Sanh, Vietnam.
(c) Denver, Colorado.
(d) Cheyenne, Wyoming.

11. What battleship did the Japanese formally surrender to the United States on?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Enterprise.
(d) Washington.

12. What state's governor's lips were "dripping with words of interposition and nullification"?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

13. According to Douglas MacArthur, what was considered to be a "global threat"?
(a) Communism.
(b) Nuclear war.
(c) The Nazi Regime.
(d) Recession.

14. Who was an English novelist that spoke about "English Friendship for America"?
(a) Julia Ward Howe.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) James Russell Lowell.

15. Who was a British playwright and novelist that delivered the speech "Literature and the Press"?
(a) Lord Cecil.
(b) Lord Bacon.
(c) Sir James Matthew Barrie.
(d) Irvin S. Cobb

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Owen D. Young, what did not "exist in a form of powder, a mere mass of incoherent particles"?

2. Who was imprisoned during World War 2 for a firm stance taken against India's participation in the war without a guarantee of independence?

3. According to Horace Porter, what was the woman's first home?

4. Eisenhower stated that a common bind existed between a rice grower in Burma and a wheat planter of what U.S. state?

5. What was founded on the exploitation of the weaknesses of the human heart?

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