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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Informal Speeches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the speech "Loyal Opposition", how many years was it since the Great War in Europe came to an end?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 22 years.

2. According to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, what still offered her bounty, and human efforts multiplied it?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Nature.
(d) War.

3. According to Cardinal Mercer, who was the most authoritative teacher of Christian Theology?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) St. Benard.
(c) St. Francis.
(d) St. Thomas Aquinas.

4. 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) Mirabeau.
(c) Desmoulins.
(d) Louis XVI.

5. Who advocated for anti-slavery and woman's suffrage and was arrested for voting in a presidential election?
(a) Jane Addams.
(b) Dred Scott.
(c) Elizabeth Stanton.
(d) Susan B. Anthony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who delivered a speech over the dead body of Caesar in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

2. Which state was organized by people within a region and abandoned slavery?

3. Who was a powerful supporter of Cicero in defeating the conspiracy of Catiline against the Roman government?

4. According to Isocrates, which war did he believe may be the most famous of Athenian history?

5. According to the speech "On the Dissolution of Parliament", who was seized so Colonel Overton might lead the army?

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