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

Short Answer Key

Preface, Prologue, and I. Peculiar Ambition

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

Self education.

2. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?

His rhetoric skills.

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

1859.

4. When was Lincoln born?

1809.

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

21.

6. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?

1846.

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

1832.

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

To introduce himself during his first run for office.

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

1834.

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

1836.

11. When was "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy" written?

1837.

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