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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. Which country did Italy receive modest material aid from during the war?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Turkey.

2. In the speech, "The Search for International Cooperation", what country did Pierre Mandes-France suggest France had a concern?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Algeria.
(c) Libya.
(d) Morocco.

3. Who was the American poet that was Ambassador to the Court from 1880-1885?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Robert Browning.
(d) James Russell Lowell.

4. What country was founded on the principles not to oppress the undefended, nor fear the aggressive?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

5. According to Horace Porter, what was the woman's first home?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) Africa.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the speech Dunkirk by Winston Churchill, which country was the aggressor?

3. According to Owen D. Young, what did not "exist in a form of powder, a mere mass of incoherent particles"?

4. What continent was the topic of Henry Morton Stanley's speech?

5. What did Winston Churchill say is here now, clear and shining, for both our countries in his "An Iron Curtain has Descended" speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the artificial restrictions placed on the Soviet Government.

3. What was the principal mission of the United Nations?

4. What did democracy mean to James Bryant Conant?

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

6. How did Truman suggest strengthening freedom-loving nations against the dangers of aggression?

7. Describe the true political test according to Stevenson.

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

9. How did Dorothy Thompson view isolation?

10. Describe Henry Watterson's protege.

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