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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who could not become a citizen of the United States according to the Dred Scott ruling?
(a) Texans.
(b) African Americans.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) People born outside the United States.

2. What was "The Union is Perpetual" written for?
(a) A letter to his wife.
(b) His inaugural address.
(c) A letter to his constituents.
(d) His first speech to Congress.

3. What were the southern states doing at the time of "The Tug Has to Come"?
(a) Hid their money from Lincoln.
(b) Paid their dues.
(c) Putting secession in motion.
(d) Wrote a letter to Lincoln.

4. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1850.

5. What order did John Fremont give according to "To Conform to the Act of Congress"?
(a) To free slaves of captured soldiers.
(b) To free slaves of plantation owners.
(c) To free slaves of disloyal residents.
(d) To free slaves in three cities.

6. How does Lincoln portray himself in "For, and Not Against the Union"?
(a) As a slave owner.
(b) As a moderate.
(c) As a Catholic.
(d) As an abolitionist.

7. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?
(a) Lincoln being an abolitionist.
(b) Lincoln being a politician.
(c) Lincoln being pro-slavery.
(d) Lincoln being a pacifist.

8. When was "A House Divided" written?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1857.

9. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1857.

10. What financial advice did Lincoln give to lawyers in "Resolve to Be Honest"?
(a) Make as much money as possible.
(b) Spent one day a month doing pro bono work.
(c) Charge what the client could afford.
(d) Not to charge exorbitant fees.

11. What was to become of Alexander Stephens according to the editor?
(a) He would become president of the Confederacy.
(b) He would become the first General in the Confederacy.
(c) He would leave the Confederacy for the Union.
(d) He would become vice president of the Confederacy.

12. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?
(a) His military skills.
(b) His rhetoric skills.
(c) His penmanship.
(d) His negotiating skills.

13. What kind of education did Lincoln mostly rely on according to the "Preface"?
(a) Self education.
(b) Post graduate studies.
(c) Some college.
(d) High school.

14. Who was "An Affectionate Farewell" intended for?
(a) His family.
(b) His Illinois constituents.
(c) His close friend
(d) Mary Todd.

15. What does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Meet her mother.
(c) Eat more food.
(d) Grow a beard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lincoln little patience with according to "Grumbling Despatches and Letters"?

2. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?

3. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?

4. What does Lincoln rail against in "It is the End of Us"?

5. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?

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