Pearl Harbor Address Quiz

The following passage (paragraph 3) adds to the development of the text mainly by showing________.

The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.

• That the U.S hoped Japan would withdraw from WW2 by working with them in the Pacific

• That the U.S had wanted to attack Japan first.

• That the U.S was in an alliance with Japan

• That the U.S had no reason to believe that Japan was planning to attack.

What is most closely the meaning of the word infamy as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 2)?

"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

• forgotten

• well-known for a negative reason

• improper

• having celebrity status

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Which of the following sentences best explains the main idea of the Pearl Harbor Address?

• After the Pearl Harbor attack, the United States had no choice but to declare war on Japan

• There is no war without suffering.

• If Japan had agreed to keep the peace in the Pacific, the United States never would have entered WW2.

• The U.S would best preserve its honor by taking the moral high ground.

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Which is most likely an opinion of the author of this speech?

• Was is an inevitable part of the human existence.

• A country should only enter into war after possibilities of peace talks and negotiations have proven fruitless

• Japan should never be forgiven for what they did to the American people.

• Being President of the United States is a position that comes with immense stress and responsibility.

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President Roosevelt's tone in this speech is best described as ________.

• frightened and woeful

• brazen and foolish

• wistful and regretful

• measured and patriotic

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Which passage from the text best supports that President Roosevelt's tone was measured and patriotic?

• "Last night, Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong"

• "The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu."

• "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941- a date which will live in infamy- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

• "I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us."

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Which of the following inferences is best supported by the paragraph below (paragraph 4)?

"Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack."

• Americans knew the Japanese were going to attack but could not evacuate in time to avoid casualties.

• The President had no reason to suspect that Japan was planning a hostile attack on the United States.

• The Japanese ambassador to the U.S was intentionally deceitful, like other Japanese ambassadors had been in the past.

• The island of Oahu had only recently become part of the U.S

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Which sentence from the text best supports that the President had no reason to suspect that Japan was planning a hostile attack on the United States?

• “Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message.”

• “The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific.”

• “And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.”

• “Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.”

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Which one of the following events happened first?

• The speaker explains that the attack on Pearl Harbor was entirely unexpected given that peace negotiations were underway.

• The speaker regretfully informs his audience that lives were lost in the attack.

• The speaker assures his audience of victory

• The speaker requests that Congress declare war.

Which one of the events happened last?

• The speaker explains that the attack on Pearl Harbor was entirely unexpected given that peace negotiations were underway.

• The speaker regretfully informs his audience that lives lost in the attack.

• The speaker assures his audience of victory.

• The speaker requests that Congress declare war.