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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The United States.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a powerful supporter of Cicero in defeating the conspiracy of Catiline against the Roman government?
(a) Cato the Younger.
(b) Marcus Brutus.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Marc Antony.

2. Who did Grover Cleveland refer to as a discoverer, dreamer, hero and apostle?
(a) Meriweather Lewis.
(b) Columbus.
(c) Magellan.
(d) Ponce de Leon.

3. Who was an outspoken imperialist and pursued the expansion of the British empire?
(a) Joseph Chamberlain.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) Emmeline Pankhurst.
(d) Sir Edward Grey.

4. What country was the Volga district the center of attention?
(a) Italy.
(b) Soviet Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

5. According to Hannibal's speech "To His Soldiers", what river was larger and more impetuous than the Rhone River?
(a) Sardinian River.
(b) Po River.
(c) Rhine River.
(d) Alps River.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sermon, "On Suffering Persecution", ignominy and what were two opposites?

2. In the speech "To His Troops", Lucius Sergius Catiline stated two armies opposed their progress. Rome was one, what was the other army?

3. In the speech "Funeral Orations" the speaker addressed which group of people first?

4. Who wrote that the House of Commons needed to only pay attention to "British interests"?

5. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?

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