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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. What is Lincoln's attitude about people before he meets Ann Rutledge?
(a) It's best not to get too close to people; they see the insanity behind the surface.
(b) All people are to a degree insane, but that shouldn't stop one from getting close to them.
(c) Getting close to others is the best antidote in the world to loneliness.
(d) The best thing is to take a vow of silence in order not to be bothered by fools.

2. What is the wedding gift Ninian has brought Abe?
(a) A slave.
(b) A fine, silver-headed cane.
(c) A silver box of fine cigars.
(d) A stovepipe hat that will become Lincon's signature.

3. What is Josh Speed's understanding of Lincoln's personality?
(a) Lincoln is a great fool with an odd understanding of the law.
(b) Lincoln is obsessive-compulsive and can't stop counting fence posts.
(c) Lincoln can't control his manic-depressive episodes and constantly makes a fool of himself.
(d) Lincoln is a hopeless hypochondriac who reads Hamlet.

4. What does Lincoln do at the end of Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) He leaves to break off his engagement in person.
(b) He decides he must go through with the wedding.
(c) He leaves town without informing Mary Todd.
(d) He writes another letter, telling Mary Todd he hates her.

5. How does Lincoln feel after Ann's death?
(a) He is relieved because he had begun to doubt her love.
(b) He feels he should die to be with her again or he will go crazy.
(c) He feels guilty because she got brain sickness and he did not.
(d) He knows her death is for the best, and that he will be able to concentrate better without her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann's love do for Lincoln?

2. How does the playwright describe the appearance of Stephen Douglas as he takes the stage to debate Lincoln?

3. What is Billy Herndon's attitude toward Mary Todd on the day Lincoln is to be married?

4. What distinction does Lincoln draw between the slaves and downtrodden workers in the North?

5. What institution does Douglas use to bolster his argument that negroes are not equal under the Constitution?

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