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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Great Britain and Ireland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the speech "To His Troops", where did Catiline say people waited after losing their property?
(a) Athens.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Rome.
(d) Corinth.

2. According to John Bright, what law was very unsettled or bad?
(a) Maritime law.
(b) Trent's law.
(c) State law.
(d) Trade law.

3. What event inspired the speech known as "Funeral Oration"?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Persian War.
(c) The Peloponnesian War.
(d) The Italian War.

4. According to the speech "England's Position", what country gave Belgium an ultimatum?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Denmark.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?

2. According to Cardinal Mercer, who was the most authoritative teacher of Christian Theology?

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

4. Who was convicted of bribery?

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

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