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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Eisenhower stated that a common bind existed between a rice grower in Burma and a wheat planter of what U.S. state?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Illinois.

3. According to the speech "Powers of the President", what was the President responsible for?
(a) Declaration of war.
(b) Administration of his office.
(c) Occupation of other countries.
(d) Exploration of new territory.

4. According to Eisenhower, what was a continuing imperative with mutual honor and confidence?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Disarmament.
(c) War.
(d) Hatred.

5. According to Eisenhower, the United States wanted to befriend which group of people?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The French people.
(c) The Soviet people.
(d) The Indians.

6. According to the speech, "A Grave Situation", how many years did the British Fleet control the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) More than 250 years.
(b) Over 100 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

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

9. Who was the director of the laboratories in Los Alamos, NM, where the atomic bomb was perfected?
(a) Walter Philip Reuther.
(b) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) Albert Einstein.

10. What was founded on the exploitation of the weaknesses of the human heart?
(a) The U.S. Constitution.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) Nazi propaganda.
(d) The Magna Carta.

11. Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949 and was one of the great American novelists in the 20th century?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Dylan Thomas.
(d) Walter Philip Reuther.

12. In the speech Dunkirk by Winston Churchill, which country was the aggressor?
(a) Japan.
(b) Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Russia.

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

14. According to Roosevelt's speech "Hemisphere Defense for Democracy", what came from the spirit that must be grounded in faith?
(a) Peace.
(b) War.
(c) Nature.
(d) Love.

15. What country was France having issues with in 1962?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Libya.
(c) Algeria.
(d) Morocco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What battleship did the Japanese formally surrender to the United States on?

2. Who was a British playwright and novelist that delivered the speech "Literature and the Press"?

3. In the speech, " A Glory has Departed", who was "a glory" referring to?

4. What country was founded on the principles not to oppress the undefended, nor fear the aggressive?

5. What state's governor's lips were "dripping with words of interposition and nullification"?

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