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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 was one of the greatest orators of the French Revolution, although the speakers was impaired by a painful stammer?
(a) Mirabeau.
(b) Desmoulins.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Frederick the Great.

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

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

4. According to Cicero, who had upheld and continued to uphold freedom by zeal and wisdom?
(a) Marcus Fulvius.
(b) Caius Marius.
(c) Lucius Opimius.
(d) Caius Caesar.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who delivered the speech "Before the Diet of Worms"?

3. How old was Voltaire when he died?

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

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

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