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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was "A Fair Specimen of What Has Occurred to Me Through Life" intended for?
(a) A housewife.
(b) A soldier.
(c) An actor.
(d) A political ally.

3. What did Lincoln refuse to do in "Will Be Received and Considered"?
(a) Negotiate with the South.
(b) Create another army.
(c) Increase war spending.
(d) Abolish conscription.

4. When was "The New Reckoning" written?
(a) December 1862.
(b) December 1863.
(c) December 1865.
(d) December 1864.

5. Why was the general Lincoln sent "But You Must Act" to defeated?
(a) He gave Confederates forces time to re-deploy.
(b) He was lazy and did not have a plan.
(c) He gave Confederates a chance to take them prisoner.
(d) He let Confederates cut off his supply line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?

2. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?

3. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?

4. When was "Will Be Received and Considered" written?

5. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lincoln convinced of in August 1864?

2. Why are elections necessary based on an address written on November 10, 1864?

3. What did Lincoln pocket veto?

4. What trade did Lincoln reject?

5. Why did Lincoln write to Carl Schurz?

6. Why was Hooker soon relieved of his duties?

7. What was Lincoln under increasing pressure to do by July 1864?

8. What did Lincoln demonstrate in his letter to General Don Carlos Buell according to "We Cannot Escape History"?

9. What did Lincoln declare in January 1863 according to "A New Birth in Freedom"?

10. What does Lincoln address when he writes to General Hooker?

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