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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 expressed strong admiration for Voltaire?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Napolean Bonaparte.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) Martin Luther.

2. In what year was "On the Crown" written?
(a) 540 B.C.
(b) 330 B.C.
(c) 330 A.D.
(d) 344 B.C.

3. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?
(a) Cato the Elder.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Demosthenes.

4. Who was a radical advocate during the Reign of Terror that inspired the National Assembly and people to fight the enemies of the Revolution?
(a) Mirabeau.
(b) Desmoulins.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Danton.

5. In the speech "To His Troops", where did Catiline say people waited after losing their property?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Athens.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Daniel Webster, who erected the government of the U.S.?

2. According to Cicero in "First Oration Against Catiline", who was put to death on mere suspicion?

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

4. Who was a powerful supporter of Cicero in defeating the conspiracy of Catiline against the Roman government?

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

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