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

2. How old was Voltaire when he died?
(a) 85 years old.
(b) 84 years old.
(c) 74 years old.
(d) 64 years old.

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

4. Who was known as a militant and nick-named "The Tiger"?
(a) Otto Van Bismarck.
(b) Georges Clemenceau.
(c) Alexander Kerensky.
(d) Leon Trotsky.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the speech "To His Troops", Lucius Sergius Catiline stated two armies opposed their progress. Rome was one, what was the other army?

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

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

5. Who wrote about Phillip's "violation of the peace"?

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