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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. According to Edmund Burke, what inhered in some sensible object and became the criterion of the colonists happiness?
(a) Love.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Peace.

2. According to Cicero in "First Oration Against Catiline", who was put to death on mere suspicion?
(a) Caius Marius.
(b) Caius Gracchus.
(c) Lucius Opimius.
(d) Marcus Fulvius.

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

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

5. Who was known as the "Liberator of Ireland"?
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) Arthur Griffith.
(c) Robert Emmet.
(d) Charles Stewart Parnell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believed that if everyone understood the facts, no one would question England's involvement in the war?

2. According to Charles James Fox, what was Napoleon Bonaparte?

3. According to Cicero, who had upheld and continued to uphold freedom by zeal and wisdom?

4. In the speech "To His Troops", where did Catiline say people waited after losing their property?

5. Who was a great statesmen and economist that won world fame as a powerful advocate of free trade?

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