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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 the Republican candidate for President in 1944 and said "we have a rendezvous with destiny"?
(a) Charles Evan Hughes.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) John L. Lewis.
(d) Thomas E. Dewey.

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

3. In the speech "To His Troops", Lucius Sergius Catiline stated two armies opposed their progress. Rome was one, what was the other army?
(a) The Trojans.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Corinth.
(d) The Greek army.

4. According to Charles James Fox, what was Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) A lover of hiking.
(b) A lover of England.
(c) A lover of money.
(d) A lover of military glory.

5. According to the speech "Speaking for the Consumer", what percentage is the middle class worker and consumer?
(a) 50%
(b) 70%
(c) 80%
(d) 60%

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were unions first formed?

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

3. According to a speech Edward Everett, which two men died in the same day?

4. In a speech delivered on February 3, 1800, who refused to negotiate with Napoleon Bonaparte?

5. According to Hannibal's speech "To His Soldiers", what river was larger and more impetuous than the Rhone River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the war against all nations.

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

3. Describe the proper business of a labor union.

4. Describe what constituted unity in Government according to Washington.

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

6. Why were repeated elections essential for popular government?

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

8. How did Pericles view wealth and poverty?

9. In the chapter "Great Britain and Ireland", what was the Times newspaper persuading people about?

10. Discuss one advantage of modern inventions.

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