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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 former Governor of New York that attacked religious prejudice in American politics?
(a) Fiorello H. LaGuardia.
(b) William Green.
(c) Alfred E. Smith.
(d) Clarence Darrow.

2. In the sermon, "On Suffering Persecution", ignominy and what were two opposites?
(a) Greed.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Envy.
(d) Dignity.

3. Who delivered a speech over the dead body of Caesar in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?
(a) Marc Antony.
(b) Marcus Brutus.
(c) Caius Cassius.
(d) Decius Brutus.

4. Who was an outspoken imperialist and pursued the expansion of the British empire?
(a) Emmeline Pankhurst.
(b) Sir Edward Grey.
(c) Joseph Chamberlain.
(d) George Bernard Shaw.

5. Who wrote about Phillip's "violation of the peace"?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Cato the Elder.
(d) Demosthenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?

2. Who was the editor for the Emporia Gazette and won the Pulitzer Prize?

3. Who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for over half a century and delivered the speech "Live--I am Coming"?

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

5. Who was a Shawnee and said that white people have no right to take the land from the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the war against all nations.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Edmund Burke's objection of uncertainty of force.

9. In the chapter, "Domestic Affairs in the United States", what did John L. Lewis suggest about labor next year?

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

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