Multiple Choice Quiz: Speeches

Which U.S. president delivered the 'Peace Speech' at American University in 1963?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

In JFK's Peace Speech, he urges Americans to focus on what approach to the Cold War?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Peaceful coexistence and understanding

• Total victory over communism

• Nuclear supremacy

Red Jacket's speech 'The White Man and the Red' addresses which main issue?

• Land rights and religious freedom

• Taxation without representation

• Slavery

• Environmental conservation

Who delivered the 'Appeal to the League of Nations' in 1936 after the invasion of his country by Italy?

• Haile Selassie

• Kwame Nkrumah

• Nelson Mandela

• Robert Mugabe

In his 'Appeal to the League of Nations', Haile Selassie warned that:

• The invasion of Ethiopia was a threat to all nations

• The League should dissolve

• Africa would unite against Europe

• Italy would conquer all of Africa

'The Forgotten People' speech by Robert Menzies focuses primarily on:

• The importance of the middle class

• Rebuilding after war

• Australian independence

• Tax reform

Which leader gave the 'A Tryst with Destiny' speech at midnight on August 14-15, 1947?

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Indira Gandhi

• Subhas Chandra Bose

In 'A Tryst with Destiny', Nehru describes India's independence as:

• The end of colonialism worldwide

• A moment that comes but rarely in history

• A victory over poverty

• The dawn of world peace

In the film *Braveheart*, William Wallace rallies his men before battle by speaking about:

• Freedom

• Wealth

• Revenge

• Glory for the king

In *Independence Day*, President Whitmore's speech compares the alien invasion to:

• A second American Revolution

• A fight for global survival

• World War I

• A religious war