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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IV. We Cannot Escape History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?
(a) Will power.
(b) Desire for expansion.
(c) Restraint and self control.
(d) Education.

2. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?
(a) The public thinking it was in the hands of Lincoln.
(b) The public thinking it was a financial issue.
(c) The public thinking it was in the hands of the states.
(d) The public thinking that slavery it was not a moral issue.

3. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?
(a) By forces within.
(b) By Canada.
(c) By Mexico.
(d) By slaves.

4. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) That he should put his name on the ballot.
(b) That he should give up his seat at the convention.
(c) That he should help him financially.
(d) That he should support his nomination.

5. Who did Lincoln campaign for according to "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future"?
(a) The Republican party.
(b) The Democratic party.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The Know Nothings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the charge Lincoln answered to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?

2. When did Lincoln break his engagement to Mary Todd according to "The Most Miserable Man Living"?

3. What was Lincoln seeking in "I am Not the First Choice of Many"?

4. Who did Lincoln write "I Like the Letters Very Much" for?

5. Who did Lincoln criticize in "If We Never Try, We Shall Never Succeed"?

(see the answer key)

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