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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the speech "On His Condemnation to Death", who did the speaker tell the judges to punish?
(a) The Athenians.
(b) The judges.
(c) His sons.
(d) The king.

2. Who was known as the "Liberator of Ireland"?
(a) Arthur Griffith.
(b) Daniel O'Connell.
(c) Robert Emmet.
(d) Charles Stewart Parnell.

3. In the speech "To His Troops", where did Catiline say people waited after losing their property?
(a) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Carthage.

4. Which state was organized by people within a region and abandoned slavery?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Arkansas.

5. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?
(a) Love.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the famous Pullman strike and identified with the Socialist movement?

2. According to Mohandas Ghandi, how many inhabitants of India professed the faith of Islam?

3. How old was Voltaire when he died?

4. According to a speech by Jan C. Smuts, what was wanted by the world?

5. Who delivered a speech over the dead body of Caesar in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were repeated elections essential for popular government?

2. According to Bonaparte's speech "On Beginning the Russian Campaign", describe the second war in Poland.

3. In the speech "Before the Battle of Leuthen", describe the disasters that concerned the French and Reich army.

4. Explain Mohandas Ghandi's belief that non-cooperation was unconstitutional.

5. Discuss the relationship between the United States and the British government after the Revolution.

6. After WWI, why was a disarmament policy against Germany considered criminal?

7. Describe the distinction between legislation and taxation.

8. Socrates was sentenced to death for being a heretic and corrupting the youth. What did Socrates question after be condemned to death?

9. Describe the objectives of the Committee for Industrial Organization.

10. Discuss one advantage of modern inventions.

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