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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: On The Pilgrimage Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?
(a) The contrast in socio-economic levels.
(b) Large company monopolies.
(c) Equality between men and women.
(d) Race riots between white men and abolitionists.

3. After moving to Springfield, how did Lincoln feel?
(a) He was worried.
(b) He was bored.
(c) He was excited.
(d) He was lonely.

4. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?
(a) Yes, but only for a few moments.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, but only after everyone else had left.
(d) Yes.

5. Lincoln was interested in patent cases and participated in the Supreme Court of Illinois, winning most of his _______ cases there.
(a) 243.
(b) 234.
(c) 423.
(d) 432.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert Lincoln feel when his father was away on political trips?

2. From what did Nancy Lincoln die?

3. Lincoln was the only lawyer who did what?

4. Why did Thomas Lincoln go back to Kentucky to bring home a new wife, Sarah Bush Johnston, or "Sally?"

5. For what case did Lincoln become famous?

(see the answer key)

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