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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Because of the oncoming winter, how many bodies would need to be buried every day?
(a) 250
(b) 100
(c) 30
(d) 75

3. What country's culture had recently come back into style?
(a) Italy
(b) France
(c) Greece
(d) China

4. Some believe that Lincoln wanted to be compared to what great historical figure?
(a) Plato
(b) Caesar
(c) Nero
(d) Michelangelo

5. According to Wills, Lincoln's address is comparable to a classic oration of how many parts?
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 3
(d) 2

6. What is the proper name for a student of words?
(a) Entymologist
(b) Philologist
(c) Ornithologist
(d) Biologist

7. According to Lincoln, if the Founding Fathers had failed, people would have referred to them as ______________.
(a) Over ambitious
(b) Idiots
(c) Fools
(d) Simpletons

8. Which of the following is not one of the elements of the speech discussed?
(a) Balanced
(b) Grief
(c) Brief
(d) Musical

9. Who was Andrew Curtin?
(a) Owner of Gettysburg Field
(b) Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law
(c) Secretary of State
(d) Governor of Pennsylvania

10. The translation of "Arete" is:
(a) Valor
(b) Stop
(c) Victory
(d) Sorrow

11. What did Lincoln believe to be the most important "founding" document?
(a) Magna Carta
(b) Constitution
(c) Declaration of Independence
(d) Emancipation Proclamation

12. Lincoln said that one should hold firm as a ____ of steel.
(a) Will
(b) Fence
(c) Shield
(d) Chain

13. How many people lived in Gettysburg at that time?
(a) 1200
(b) 3200
(c) 2500
(d) 4000

14. Which of the following was not mentioned as one of Parker's political concerns?
(a) The Kansas-Nebraska Act
(b) Political conspiracy
(c) Slave colonies
(d) Separation of church and state

15. Webster and Clay both supported what cause?
(a) The construction of the Gettysburg cemetery
(b) Lincoln's political campaign
(c) Preservation of the Union
(d) Astrology

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the commander of the Northern army?

2. The crowd at Gettysburg gathered to dedicate a _____________.

3. Regarding speech and poetry, what term is often referred to as the beat?

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

5. Who was a devoted colleague of Webster's?

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