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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. A New Birth of Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Lincoln criticize in "If We Never Try, We Shall Never Succeed"?
(a) Grant.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Hooker.

2. How is "A New Birth of Freedom" better known as?
(a) The Grand Finale.
(b) The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Wellington Speech.
(d) Lincoln's First Commencement Adress.

3. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.
(b) McClellan's defeat.
(c) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.
(d) The desire to defeat General Lee.

4. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) To assuage fears.
(b) To show strength.
(c) To attack plantations.
(d) To put down the Southern rebellion.

5. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?
(a) They were forced to serve in the Confederate army.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They were sent home.
(d) They were forced to sign confession letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the works by August of 1862 according to the editor?

2. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?

3. What does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?

4. Who does Lincoln congratulate in "You Were Right, and I Was Wrong"?

5. How many troops did Lincoln order to Fort Sumter in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?

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