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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Canada; South America, South Africa, India and China.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was thirty-six years old and one of the greatest dramatists and orators of his period in Parliament?
(a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(b) Oliver Cromwell.
(c) William Pitt.
(d) Warren Hastings.

2. Who was one of the greatest orators of the French Revolution, although the speakers was impaired by a painful stammer?
(a) Mirabeau.
(b) Frederick the Great.
(c) Desmoulins.
(d) Louis XVI.

3. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Cato the Elder.
(c) Demosthenes.
(d) Socrates.

4. Who was a great speaker and debater that was opposed to The League of Nations?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) William Edgar Borah.
(c) Elihu Root.
(d) Eugene Victor Debs.

5. Who advocated for anti-slavery and woman's suffrage and was arrested for voting in a presidential election?
(a) Elizabeth Stanton.
(b) Dred Scott.
(c) Jane Addams.
(d) Susan B. Anthony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the Conservative party and was highly respected for his efforts toward Canadian prestige and unity?

2. Who renounced all worldliness and led a life of self-denial and religious devotion, preaching the gospel to the rich and poor?

3. Who promised that there would be honor and glory later in the Italian campaign?

4. Who was that first Secretary of Treasury that was killed in a duel?

5. Who started the Hull House, a famous settlement for Social Service in Chicago?

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