Eugene V. Debs' Statement to the Court Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Eugene V. Debs' Statement to the Court Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. At the very start of the speech, Debs recognized his "kinship with…"
the workers of the world
the children of immigrants
his kissing cousins
all living beings
Q. Which is NOT a group that Debs felt himself to be a part of?
the criminal element
Pat Robertson's 700 Club
the lower class
people in prison
Q. Which is NOT an alliterative phrase used by Debs to describe the working class?
dwarfed and diseased
broken and blasted
footloose and fancy free
starved and stunted
Q. According to Debs, who is "waiting, watching, and working hopefully"?
60 million Socialists, awaiting their emergence as a triumphant majority
Mrs. Debs, awaiting his release from jail
the Justice Department, hoping to catch him breaking the Sedition Act
Santa and his elves
Q. In the conclusion of the speech, Debs compares his hope for a Socialist world to
Jesus' emancipating gospel
sailors looking to the heavens and finding stars that guide them to safety
his boyhood dream of working for the railroad
a child's excitement at the release of Black Ops III