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- 1. Multiple Choice
This person wrote and delivered the speech with the famous line, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
- 2. Multiple Choice
The speech was delivered during what meeting?
Continental Congress
Second Virginia Convention
Parliament
House of Representatives
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the speaker's purpose in delivering the speech?
To inform
To entertain
To persuade
To tell a story
- 4. Multiple Choice
More specifically, Henry wanted to what from his audience? (author's purpose)
Convince the delegates in Britain to return home
Convince the delegates to fight the British
Convince the delegates to submit to British rule
Convince the delegates to work with Britain to write new laws
- 5. Multiple Choice
When Patrick Henry begins his speech, he is ________________ of those in the audience who disagree with him.
Respectful
Hateful
Vengeful
Unmindful
- 6. Multiple Choice
Henry tries to convince his audience by repeating throughout the speech that the alternative to fighting is...
Freedom
Independence
Peace
Slavery
- 7. Multiple Choice
Henry is convinced that he must say what he is about to say because if he didn't he would consider it...
Correct
Treason
Responsible
Wonderful
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does "arduous" mean?
burning
lost
mountainous
difficult
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the "lamp" that guides Patrick Henry's decisions, according to him?
Experience
A bright one
A dim one
Forgetfulness
- 10. Multiple Choice
What has Britain been doing that makes Henry feel like they are going to start the war even if the colonists don't act first?
Arresting innocent colonial civilians
Gathering armies and war ships around the colonies
Declaring war outright
Imposing taxes without representation
- 11. Multiple Choice
What have the colonists already tried to do to resolve their differences with Britain?
Attack Great Britain in their own country
Go to war in Virginia only
Wrote letters and sent delegates to resolve things peacefully
Fight a common enemy - the Native Americans
- 12. Multiple Choice
Did the solution they tried work?
Yes
No
- 13. Multiple Choice
Does Henry believe the colonists can win against Britain?
Yes
No
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following quotations shows Henry using an urgent tone?
"There is no peace! The war is actually begun!"
"I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve."
"Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it?"
"We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain."
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the last and most famous line of the speech?
"This is no time for ceremony."
"I repeat it, sir, we must fight!"
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
"There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!"
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