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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was one of the most gifted poets in Britain known for his voice, poetry readings and his speeches?
(a) Dylan Thomas.
(b) Walter Philip Reuther.
(c) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) William Faulkner.

2. Who abolished democratic institutions in France and became a totalitarian chief?
(a) Maxim Litvinov.
(b) Charles DeGaulle.
(c) Henri Philippe Petain.
(d) Eamon de Valera.

3. The arms race was between the United States and what country?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) U.S.S.R.

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

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

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

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

8. According to the speech, "American and the War", what is not America's noblest destiny?
(a) Empire.
(b) Peace.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Free country.

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

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

11. According to the speech "Loyal Opposition", how many years was it since the Great War in Europe came to an end?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 5 years.

12. Who was a businessman by training, a conservative politician that gave a speech defending the Munich Agreement?
(a) Neville Chamberlain.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Anthony Eden.
(d) Clement R. Attlee.

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

14. Who was very prominent in the Bolshevist revolution and reported on a Nazi air attack?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Vyacheslav M. Molotov.
(c) Nikita Krushchev.
(d) Nickolai Bulganin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of trees did Henry Ward Beecher transplant?

2. What did Winston Churchill say is here now, clear and shining, for both our countries in his "An Iron Curtain has Descended" speech?

3. According to the speech, "A Grave Situation", how many years did the British Fleet control the Atlantic Ocean?

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

5. Who developed an architectural style that constituted one of the chief movements in 20th century design?

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