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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Billy Herndon, Lincoln's law clerk, arrives in Act 2, Scene 6. What is his condition?
(a) He has quit drinking and is sober.
(b) He's debilitated by swamp fever.
(c) He's drunk, as usual.
(d) He's suffering from an early case of swine flu.

2. What legal case established that slaves should be considered property?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) The Slaughterhouse Cases.
(c) Marbury v. Madison.
(d) Dred Scott v. Sandford.

3. Where is Abe Lincoln staying while in New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) In Rutledge's Tavern.
(b) With Ann Rutledge's family.
(c) At the home of Bowling and Nancy Green.
(d) In a barn belonging to Josh Speed.

4. What is Billy Herndon's reaction to Lincoln's reasons for breaking off the engagement?
(a) He is stunned and speechless. He finishes off the bottle in his pocket.
(b) He is gobsmacked, but he helps Lincoln write another letter.
(c) Herndon agrees that Mary Todd is a witch and says he's glad Lincoln changed his mind.
(d) Herndon says Lincoln is really trying to escape his own failure to serve the country.

5. Lincoln and Mary Todd are getting married, yet he seems to be in despair. Why?
(a) Mary Todd has written him a letter, breaking their engagement.
(b) He discovers he loves Elizabeth Edwards, not Mary Todd.
(c) He wants to break the engagement and leave Mary Todd at the altar.
(d) Mary Todd has run off with Billy Herndon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln do at the end of Act 2, Scene 6?

2. To which of Shakespeare's characters does Douglas compare Lincoln?

3. What is Josh Speed's request to the Greens as he departs at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

4. In the debate, Douglas says Lincoln appears innocent but is very good at doing something dangerous with his words. What is it?

5. Douglas accuses Lincoln of having sympathy for slaves but no sympathy for another suffering group of people. Who are they?

(see the answer key)

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