The World's Great Speeches Test | Final Test - Hard

Lewis Copeland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The World's Great Speeches Test | Final Test - Hard

Lewis Copeland
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that the United States now has her second opportunity to make the world safe for democracy?

2. Who was a businessman by training, a conservative politician that gave a speech defending the Munich Agreement?

3. Eisenhower stated that a common bind existed between a rice grower in Burma and a wheat planter of what U.S. state?

4. What were solemn celebrations of the union of Christ and his church that led to the universal radiation of truth?

5. Who delivered the speech comparing the words Nationalism and Internationalism?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Baruch's feelings on the controlling of atomic weapons?

2. Describe Henry Watterson's protege.

3. What is the tradition of Irish learning?

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

5. Describe the new Reich according to Hitler.

6. What were the main forces of the Red Army?

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

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

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

10. What was Einstein's feelings on peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pericles and Lincoln both gave speeches remembering the dead. Compare and contrast Pericles "Funeral Oration and Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"

Essay Topic 2

Jan C. Smuts was Prime Minister of South Africa, which was part of the British Empire. Smuts spoke at a Conference for Prime Ministers in London, where Smuts delivered the speech "Peace and Empire".

Part 1) Describe Smuts' viewpoint on the League of Nations.

Part 2) Explain Smuts' feelings about the Empire system in place in South Africa.

Essay Topic 3

Woodrow Wilson led the United States through World War I. In an address to a joint session in Congress, Wilson outlined "Fourteen Points" of a program for world peace.

Part 1) Briefly summarize each of the "Fourteen Points" Wilson outlined in the speech.

Part 2) Describe the roles of each country discussed in Wilson's "Fourteen Points".

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