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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 delivered the speech "Before the Diet of Worms"?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) John Calvin.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) Martin Luther.

2. According to the speech "England's Position", what country gave Belgium an ultimatum?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Denmark.

3. Who was thirty-six years old and one of the greatest dramatists and orators of his period in Parliament?
(a) Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
(b) William Pitt.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) Warren Hastings.

4. Who was a philosopher, diplomat and statesmen that had great abilities in different fields of study?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) John Marshall.

5. Who was a Puritan theologian that was famous for his sermons on sin, hell and punishment?
(a) Patrick Henry.
(b) John Hancock.
(c) Jonathon Edwards.
(d) John Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?

2. What event inspired the speech known as "Funeral Oration"?

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

4. In the speech "On His Condemnation to Death", who did the speaker tell the judges to punish?

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

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