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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a radical advocate during the Reign of Terror that inspired the National Assembly and people to fight the enemies of the Revolution?
(a) Desmoulins.
(b) Mirabeau.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Danton.

2. Who promised that there would be honor and glory later in the Italian campaign?
(a) Leon Trotsky.
(b) Frederick the Great.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Napolean Bonaparte.

3. According to Daniel Webster, who erected the government of the U.S.?
(a) The people.
(b) George Washington.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The British.

4. In the speech "To His Troops", where did Catiline say people waited after losing their property?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Rome.
(d) Athens.

5. What country was Warren Hastings the British governor?
(a) Honduras.
(b) Haiti.
(c) India.
(d) Brazil.

6. Which territory did Sir Wilfrid Laurier discuss on the floor of the House of Commons?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Washington.

7. Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1944 and said "we have a rendezvous with destiny"?
(a) John L. Lewis.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Thomas E. Dewey.
(d) Charles Evan Hughes.

8. Who was the leader of the Bolshevist party and first dictator of Russia?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Leon Trotsky.
(c) Nikolai Lenin.
(d) Alexander Kerensky.

9. Why were unions first formed?
(a) To fight for employer issued uniforms.
(b) To fight for wage increases.
(c) To defend workers against wage reductions and unfair treatment.
(d) To fight for healthcare for workers.

10. According to Cicero, who had upheld and continued to uphold freedom by zeal and wisdom?
(a) Marcus Fulvius.
(b) Caius Caesar.
(c) Lucius Opimius.
(d) Caius Marius.

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

12. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Love.
(d) Peace.

13. Who expressed strong admiration for Voltaire?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Napolean Bonaparte.
(d) John Calvin.

14. Who responded to a death sentence for being a heretic in a speech called "On His Condemnation to Death"?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Demosthenes.
(c) Plato.
(d) Pericles.

15. In a speech delivered on February 3, 1800, who refused to negotiate with Napoleon Bonaparte?
(a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(b) Warren Hastings.
(c) William Pitt.
(d) Oliver Cromwell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to John L. Lewis' "The Rights of Labor", what opposed communism?

3. Who did Grover Cleveland refer to as a discoverer, dreamer, hero and apostle?

4. According to the speech "American Labor", what was the best market for American agriculture?

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

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