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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a powerful supporter of Cicero in defeating the conspiracy of Catiline against the Roman government?
(a) Cato the Younger.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Marc Antony.
(d) Marcus Brutus.

2. According to a speech Edward Everett, which two men died in the same day?
(a) Washington and Jefferson.
(b) Adams and Washington.
(c) Adams and Jefferson.
(d) Adams and Hamilton.

3. In "In Support of the Oppian Law", where did the statues come from that made their way into this city with hostile effect?
(a) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Venice.
(d) Syracuse.

4. According to Horace Porter, what was the woman's first home?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) Africa.
(c) South America.
(d) The kitchen.

5. Who was the United States' representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and was a valuable presidential adviser?
(a) Harry S. Truman.
(b) Bernard M. Baruch.
(c) Norman Thomas.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was very prominent in the Bolshevist revolution and reported on a Nazi air attack?

2. Who gave the speech known as the "Funeral Oration?

3. What was founded on the exploitation of the weaknesses of the human heart?

4. Who delivered the speech "Our Government" one hundred and fifty years after the first Congress of the U.S. met?

5. In what United States city did Sir Wilfrid Laurier defend Great Britain's cause, and support for the Great War?

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