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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. In Einstein's speech "Peace in the Atomic Age", what appeared to be on the public horizon as a probable and attainable goal?
(a) Color television.
(b) The H-bomb.
(c) Nuclear power plants.
(d) World domination.

2. Which former President was compared to Franklin Roosevelt, who was a courageous, virile champion of just and righteous peace, and a foe of those who put peace before righteousness?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) William McKinley.

3. According to the speech "An Independent Policy", what was always replaced by propaganda in time of war?
(a) Peace.
(b) Truth.
(c) Brotherhood.
(d) Unity.

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

5. What was founded on the exploitation of the weaknesses of the human heart?
(a) The Magna Carta.
(b) Nazi propaganda.
(c) The U.S. Constitution.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was thought to be a great lawyer and believed that every man owes a duty to his profession?

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

3. According to Douglas MacArthur, what was considered to be a "global threat"?

4. In the speech, " A Glory has Departed", who was "a glory" referring to?

5. According to the speech, "American and the War", what is not America's noblest destiny?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Charles de Gaulle's reflections on the last four years in the "Independence for Algeria" speech.

3. Describe the new Reich according to Hitler.

4. What was the relationship of prosperity and peace according to Hull?

5. What did democracy mean to James Bryant Conant?

6. How did Dorothy Thompson view isolation?

7. Describe one's private library according to Phelps.

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

9. Describe Henry Watterson's protege.

10. Describe General Goethals.

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