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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The European Continent.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the leader of the Bolshevist party and first dictator of Russia?
(a) Alexander Kerensky.
(b) Nikolai Lenin.
(c) Joseph Stalin.
(d) Leon Trotsky.

3. According the the sermon "On Suffering Persecution", who holds forth to us the immortal crown?
(a) The King.
(b) God.
(c) The Prince.
(d) The Queen.

4. Which writing stated that laws no longer carry any weight with the people who do whatever they please, regardless of what is morally right?
(a) "On Suffering Persecution".
(b) "A Second Crusade".
(c) "Voltaire".
(d) "Before the Diet of Worms".

5. According to the speech "Before the Battle of Leuthen, 1757", whose army is twice as strong?
(a) Frederick the Great.
(b) Prince Eugene.
(c) Duke of Bevern.
(d) Prince Karl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was known as a militant and nick-named "The Tiger"?

2. Who gave the speech known as the "Funeral Oration?

3. Who renounced all worldliness and led a life of self-denial and religious devotion, preaching the gospel to the rich and poor?

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

5. According to Isocrates, which war did he believe may be the most famous of Athenian history?

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