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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. 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) "Voltaire".
(c) "Before the Diet of Worms".
(d) "On Suffering Persecution".

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

3. Who promised that there would be honor and glory later in the Italian campaign?
(a) Napolean Bonaparte.
(b) Frederick the Great.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Leon Trotsky.

4. According to the speech "On the Dissolution of Parliament", who was seized so Colonel Overton might lead the army?
(a) Sir Edward Grey.
(b) General Monk.
(c) Oliver Cromwell.
(d) Sir Robert Walpole.

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) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?

2. Who was a radical advocate during the Reign of Terror that inspired the National Assembly and people to fight the enemies of the Revolution?

3. Who was thirty-six years old and one of the greatest dramatists and orators of his period in Parliament?

4. According to John Bright, what law was very unsettled or bad?

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

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