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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Years of Meteors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Republican papers began mentioning Lincoln's name for what?
(a) The Senate.
(b) Congress.
(c) Governor.
(d) The Presidency.

2. Lincoln read voraciously and taught himself mathematics, but his real interest was in what?
(a) Music.
(b) Art.
(c) Politics.
(d) Languages.

3. Was Lincoln with the free-soilers?
(a) Yes.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) No.
(d) Only at first.

4. What did Lincoln give Mary with the inscription "Love is Eternal?"
(a) A necklace.
(b) A broach.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A ring.

5. In November Lincoln and Douglas had their first debate over what, starting a rivalry that would last years?
(a) Female suffrage.
(b) Negro suffrage.
(c) The national debt.
(d) State banks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?

2. To what did James Shields, a state auditor and a Democrat, challenge Lincoln?

3. Lincoln preached what?

4. The bill sparked what debates?

5. What two boys were born to the Lincolns?

(see the answer key)

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