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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 Fulton Sheen, who said "We are becoming a warlike nation--that is to say, one endowed to a higher degree with virtues of obedience, sacrifice, and dedication to country"?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Benito Mussolini.

2. According to President Nixon, what title can one receive that was the greatest honor of history?
(a) Humanitarian.
(b) Peacemaker.
(c) President of the United States.
(d) War monger.

3. According to the speech, "I Need Your Confidence", what was France's supreme resource?
(a) Labor.
(b) Water.
(c) Industry.
(d) Agriculture.

4. What kind of trees did Henry Ward Beecher transplant?
(a) Magnolia trees.
(b) Oak trees.
(c) Peach trees.
(d) Walnut trees.

5. Who was one of the most gifted poets in Britain known for his voice, poetry readings and his speeches?
(a) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Dylan Thomas.
(d) Walter Philip Reuther.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Douglas MacArthur, what was considered to be a "global threat"?

2. According to Anthony Eden's speech "A Firm Policy", what should the objective of foreign policy be?

3. According to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, what still offered her bounty, and human efforts multiplied it?

4. What program did Truman state we "keep our full weight behind"?

5. According to the speech, "A Grave Situation", how many years did the British Fleet control the Atlantic Ocean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the relationship of prosperity and peace according to Hull?

2. According to Nixon, what did the oath of the President mean?

3. Describe General Goethals.

4. Describe the phrase used by John F. Kennedy to call the people of the U.S. and the world to action.

5. According to Eisenhower, how did a country produce unity?

6. What was Einstein's feelings on peace?

7. What were John F. Kennedy's feelings on peace?

8. How was are international trade relations under Franklin Roosevelt?

9. What three elements represented the five members that completed the most important part of a war cabinet?

10. How did Dorothy Thompson view isolation?

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