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Quiz about Essays Speeches and Other Short Works

Essays, Speeches and Other Short Works Quiz

It doesn't have to be long to be memorable. This is a blend of some 'short' moments in both history and literature.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
51,090

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
699

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This author is famous for his 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater'. Hint

Thomas de Quincey

Mark Twain

Wiliam Hazlitt

Samuel Coleridge

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Question 2 of 10

2. This famous essayist was known as 'Elia'. Hint

Guy De Maupassant

John Stuart Mill

Charles Lamb

Voltaire

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Question 3 of 10

3. James Thurber, famous humorist, wrote about this 'murder mystery'. Hint

Macbeth

Julius Caesar

Hamlet

Othello

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Question 4 of 10

4. This writer wrote on 'Democracy in America'. Hint

Montaigne

Locke

DeTocqueville

Rousseau

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting'. Who said it? Hint

Washington

Jackson

Lincoln

Jefferson

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Question 6 of 10

6. This presidential candidate was famous for his 'cross of gold' speech. Hint

Stephen Douglas

Samuel Tilden

John C. Breckinridge

William Jennings Bryan

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Question 7 of 10

7. One famous speech included the phrase 'Ich bin ein Berliner'. Who made the speech? Hint

Richard Nixon

FDR

John Kennedy

Dwight Eisenhower

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Question 8 of 10

8. This president spoke about the need for a 'return to normalcy'. Hint

Harding

Hoover

Coolidge

Wilson

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'If you believe in an independent destiny for America, if you believe this country should not enter a war in Europe, we ask you to join the 'America First' Committee' ... Who said it? Hint

Samuel Adams

Charles Lindbergh

William McKinley

James Madison

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'A good man who saw wrong and tried to right it ...'. Who is being described? Hint

Malcolm X

John Kennedy

Robert Kennedy

Martin Luther King

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author is famous for his 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater'.

Answer: Thomas de Quincey

The term 'pipe dream' was coined in this work. Evenn back then ...

2. This famous essayist was known as 'Elia'.

Answer: Charles Lamb

One of the more prolific essayists.

3. James Thurber, famous humorist, wrote about this 'murder mystery'.

Answer: Macbeth

'The Macbeth Murder Mystery'. Better known for Walter Mitty.

4. This writer wrote on 'Democracy in America'.

Answer: DeTocqueville

The other writers were essayists (to a large {degree);} this work, however, was a bit longer.

5. 'No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting'. Who said it?

Answer: Lincoln

Upon being elected president and leaving from Illinois for Washington.

6. This presidential candidate was famous for his 'cross of gold' speech.

Answer: William Jennings Bryan

Turn of the century politics.

7. One famous speech included the phrase 'Ich bin ein Berliner'. Who made the speech?

Answer: John Kennedy

JFK in Berlin, speaking about the Berlin Wall (among other things).

8. This president spoke about the need for a 'return to normalcy'.

Answer: Harding

Things didn't work out so well.

9. 'If you believe in an independent destiny for America, if you believe this country should not enter a war in Europe, we ask you to join the 'America First' Committee' ... Who said it?

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

10. 'A good man who saw wrong and tried to right it ...'. Who is being described?

Answer: Robert Kennedy

Ted Kennedy's eulogy on the death of his brother.

Source: Author robert362

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