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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 Cicero, who had upheld and continued to uphold freedom by zeal and wisdom?
(a) Lucius Opimius.
(b) Caius Caesar.
(c) Marcus Fulvius.
(d) Caius Marius.

2. Who responded to a death sentence for being a heretic in a speech called "On His Condemnation to Death"?
(a) Demosthenes.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

3. In the speech "To His Troops", Lucius Sergius Catiline stated two armies opposed their progress. Rome was one, what was the other army?
(a) Corinth.
(b) The Greek army.
(c) The Trojans.
(d) Gaul.

4. Who gave the speech known as the "Funeral Oration?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Demosthenes.

5. According to John Bright, what law was very unsettled or bad?
(a) State law.
(b) Maritime law.
(c) Trent's law.
(d) Trade law.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hannibal's speech "To His Soldiers", what river was larger and more impetuous than the Rhone River?

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

3. Who wrote that "the decision to dissolve Parliament was based on the best interests of the public"?

4. Who renounced all worldliness and led a life of self-denial and religious devotion, preaching the gospel to the rich and poor?

5. Who was the leader of the Bolshevist party and first dictator of Russia?

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