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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Informal Speeches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a speech by Jan C. Smuts, what was wanted by the world?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Money.
(d) The ability to conquer.

2. Who was a British playwright and novelist that delivered the speech "Literature and the Press"?
(a) Sir James Matthew Barrie.
(b) Lord Cecil.
(c) Lord Bacon.
(d) Irvin S. Cobb

3. Who delivered the speech "Before the Diet of Worms"?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) John Calvin.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) St. Francis.

4. In the sermon, "On Suffering Persecution", ignominy and what were two opposites?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Greed.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Envy.

5. According to Eisenhower, the United States wanted to befriend which group of people?
(a) The Soviet people.
(b) The French people.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who responded to a death sentence for being a heretic in a speech called "On His Condemnation to Death"?

2. Before leaving to live in the White House, what city did Lincoln live?

3. What was torn from nature a secret so vast in its potentialities that our minds cower from the terror it creates?

4. According to Cicero, who had upheld and continued to uphold freedom by zeal and wisdom?

5. What lake did Chief Justice Earl Warren's home overlook?

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