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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Canada; South America, South Africa, India and China.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the Senator of Massachusetts that was probably the most militant advocate of the abolition of slavery in Congress?
(a) Charles Sumner.
(b) William Seward.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) John Calhoun.

3. Who wrote about the need to "repress" women?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Cato the Elder.
(d) Demosthenes.

4. Who said that "a person should seek to be holy on earth in order to achieve rewards in heaven"?
(a) John Calvin.
(b) John Wesley.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Cardinal Manning.

5. Who wrote that "the decision to dissolve Parliament was based on the best interests of the public"?
(a) Oliver Cromwell.
(b) Sir Edward Grey.
(c) David Lloyd George.
(d) Emmeline Pankhurst.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the speech "Nationalism in India", how did the speaker feel that the countrymen will truly gain their India?

2. How old was Voltaire when he died?

3. According to Sir Robert Borden's speech "The Voice of the Empire", how many years had gone by without a threat of their empire?

4. Who was known as the "Liberator of South America" and was a great military leader and statesman?

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

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