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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The European Continent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event inspired the speech known as "Funeral Oration"?
(a) The Peloponnesian War.
(b) The Persian War.
(c) The Italian War.
(d) World War I.

2. Who wrote about Phillip's "violation of the peace"?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Cato the Elder.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Pericles.

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

4. What country was the Volga district the center of attention?
(a) Soviet Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Cicero in "First Oration Against Catiline", who was put to death on mere suspicion?

4. How old was Voltaire when he died?

5. Who told the troops that men under his command are only his allies?

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