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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the speech "On His Condemnation to Death", who did the speaker tell the judges to punish?
(a) The king.
(b) The Athenians.
(c) His sons.
(d) The judges.

2. Who told the troops that men under his command are only his allies?
(a) Frederick the Great.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Leon Trotsky.
(d) Napolean Bonaparte.

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

4. Who wrote about Phillip's "violation of the peace"?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Cato the Elder.
(c) Demosthenes.
(d) Pericles.

5. In the speech "Farewell to the Old Guard", how many years had the speaker accompanied the soldiers on their road to "honor and glory"?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who expressed strong admiration for Voltaire?

2. In what year was "On the Crown" written?

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

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

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

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