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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom was Everett often compared?
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Pericles
(d) Odin

2. What was the name of the Northern army?
(a) Yankee
(b) Bluecoats
(c) Liberators
(d) Union

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a big believer in what school of thought?
(a) Transcendentalism
(b) Polymorphism
(c) Marxism
(d) Totalitarianism

4. Where did Everett teach?
(a) Brown
(b) Oxford
(c) Yale
(d) Harvard

5. In what state did Lincoln grow up?
(a) Illinois
(b) Kentucky
(c) Rhode Island
(d) West Virginia

Short Answer Questions

1. In classical oration, there are two parts: Epainesis and _______________.

2. What metaphor may be used to describe this experience?

3. Who was the president of the Southern states?

4. What is another name for human progress?

5. Lincoln often referred to the Declaration of Independence as representing what?

(see the answer key)

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