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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 "Farewell to the Old Guard", how many years had the speaker accompanied the soldiers on their road to "honor and glory"?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. According to William Green's "Modern Trade Unionism", what should not be the heritage of any limited group?
(a) Trade.
(b) Education.
(c) Culture.
(d) Wisdom.

3. Who led the famous Pullman strike and identified with the Socialist movement?
(a) Eugene Victor Debs.
(b) Elihu Root.
(c) Stephen Wise.
(d) William Edgar Borah.

4. According to Cicero in "First Oration Against Catiline", who was put to death on mere suspicion?
(a) Marcus Fulvius.
(b) Lucius Opimius.
(c) Caius Marius.
(d) Caius Gracchus.

5. Who was a great statesmen and economist that won world fame as a powerful advocate of free trade?
(a) John Bright.
(b) George Canning.
(c) Thomas Babington Macaulay.
(d) Richard Cobden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event inspired the speech known as "Funeral Oration"?

2. Who was convicted of bribery?

3. According to the speech "Bill of Rights", what was only safe by a division of powers and local self-government?

4. Who said that "a person should seek to be holy on earth in order to achieve rewards in heaven"?

5. In the speech "To His Troops", Lucius Sergius Catiline stated two armies opposed their progress. Rome was one, what was the other army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What influenced the "new world" according to Charles Hughes?

4. Describe Macaulay's view of monarchical and aristocratic institutions.

5. What were Elihu Root's arguments for the League of Nations?

6. Hugo admired Voltaire for many reasons. What did Voltaire's smile mean according to Hugo?

7. Describe the war against all nations.

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

9. Describe the violation of alliance by Tilsit Russia.

10. What did Cromwell feel his duty was to the people of Britain?

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