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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. According to the speech "Rendezvous with Despair", what is the only answer to gloomy predictions regarding the growth of the country?
(a) A new employment law.
(b) A new amendment.
(c) History.
(d) A new social program.

2. What country was the Volga district the center of attention?
(a) Soviet Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. In "In Support of the Oppian Law", where did the statues come from that made their way into this city with hostile effect?
(a) Athens.
(b) Rome.
(c) Venice.
(d) Syracuse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a Puritan theologian that was famous for his sermons on sin, hell and punishment?

2. In the speech "Nationalism in India", how did the speaker feel that the countrymen will truly gain their India?

3. According to the speech "American Labor", what was the best market for American agriculture?

4. Who was the Senator of Massachusetts that was probably the most militant advocate of the abolition of slavery in Congress?

5. What empire did Isocrates tell Greece to resist?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pericles view wealth and poverty?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Saint Francis say concerning Noah's Ark in the speech "Sermon to the Birds"?

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

8. What was "abstract" liberty?

9. What did Voltaire's smile mean according to Hugo?

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

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