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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Owen D. Young, what did not "exist in a form of powder, a mere mass of incoherent particles"?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Peace.
(c) Culture.
(d) Society.

2. Who worked hard to give New York a progressive, vital and constructive administration?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John William Gardner.
(c) George Wald.
(d) John Vliet Lindsay.

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

4. Which U.S. region of people were by nature patient and forbearing?
(a) The people of New England.
(b) The people of the North.
(c) The people of the South.
(d) The people of the West.

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

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

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

8. What did Winston Churchill say is here now, clear and shining, for both our countries in his "An Iron Curtain has Descended" speech?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Peace.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver the "I Have a Dream" speech?

2. What continent was the topic of Henry Morton Stanley's speech?

3. Who was a lawyer and railroad executive that was known for his after-dinner speeches?

4. According to President Nixon, what title can one receive that was the greatest honor of history?

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

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