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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who renounced all worldliness and led a life of self-denial and religious devotion, preaching the gospel to the rich and poor?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) St. Benard.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) Martin Luther.

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

5. 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) "A Second Crusade".
(b) "On Suffering Persecution".
(c) "Before the Diet of Worms".
(d) "Voltaire".

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hannibal's speech "To His Soldiers", what river was larger and more impetuous than the Rhone River?

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

3. According to the speech "Before the Battle of Leuthen, 1757", whose army is twice as strong?

4. According the the sermon "On Suffering Persecution", who holds forth to us the immortal crown?

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

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