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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Billy Herndon's flaw?
(a) He cheats at cards.
(b) He is a womanizer.
(c) He kills compulsively.
(d) He drinks too much and too often.

2. What does Lincoln ask Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) To be his wife.
(b) To move west to Oregon with him and Seth Gale.
(c) To contribute to his campaign.
(d) To leave town so he and Ninian Edwards can resume their friendship.

3. Who wrote the poem that Lincoln's teacher gives him to read?
(a) John Lennon.
(b) John Keats.
(c) John Brown.
(d) John Singer Sargeant.

4. Besides debt, what topic often occupies Lincoln's mind?
(a) The prospect of death.
(b) The prospect of marriage.
(c) The prospect of civil war.
(d) The prospect of a harsh winter.

5. What is Lincoln studying in the opening scene?
(a) Punctuation marks.
(b) The moods of a woman he would like to court.
(c) The moods of the English language.
(d) The plays of Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many states are there on Election Day, 1860?

2. What are the issues on Lincoln's mind as he addresses the crowd?

3. Who is fetching water for Seth Gale's sick son in Act 2, Scene 7?

4. What is Lincoln's attitude about people before he meets Ann Rutledge?

5. What is the mood of the speech Lincoln is asked to read in the first scene?

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