This Fiery Trial: The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Preface, Prologue, and I. Peculiar Ambition

1. What kind of education did Lincoln mostly rely on according to the "Preface"?

2. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?

3. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?

4. When was Lincoln born?

5. At what age did Lincoln stop working on the family farm?

6. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?

7. When was "I am Young and Unknown" written?

8. Why did Lincoln write "I am Young and Unknown"?

9. When was Lincoln elected in the state legislature according to "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will"?

10. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?

11. When was "Founded on Both...
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