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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. Who was a philosopher, diplomat and statesmen that had great abilities in different fields of study?
(a) John Marshall.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) James Madison.

2. Who was the Senator of Massachusetts that was probably the most militant advocate of the abolition of slavery in Congress?
(a) John Calhoun.
(b) William Seward.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Charles Sumner.

3. According to the speech "American Labor", what was the best market for American agriculture?
(a) The people of Europe.
(b) American labor.
(c) The American Farmer.
(d) The poorer nations of Africa.

4. Who responded to a death sentence for being a heretic in a speech called "On His Condemnation to Death"?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

5. Who was the thirty-first President of the U.S. that delivered a speech on the Bill of Rights on Constitution Day?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Grover Cleveland refer to as a discoverer, dreamer, hero and apostle?

2. Who was that first Secretary of Treasury that was killed in a duel?

3. According to the speech "Rendezvous with Despair", what is the only answer to gloomy predictions regarding the growth of the country?

4. Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1944 and said "we have a rendezvous with destiny"?

5. According to the speech "Before the Battle of Leuthen, 1757", whose army is twice as strong?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mirabeau was facing the charge of treason. Describe the indictment against Mirabeau.

2. What was "abstract" liberty?

3. Describe the bow and arrow of God's wrath according to Jonathan Edwards.

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

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

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

7. What were the commands to the Christian warriors of the Second Crusade?

8. What were the social principles outlined by Alexander Hamilton?

9. Describe the indictment against Mirabeau.

10. Describe the violation of alliance by Tilsit Russia.

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