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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 are the Bowling Greens reading when Josh Speed arrives at their home in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The Federalist Papers.
(b) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
(c) The New York Review of Books.
(d) The Bourne Chronicles.

2. Who is the moderator of the debate between Lincoln and Douglas?
(a) Ninian Edwards.
(b) Bowling Green.
(c) Elizabeth Edwards.
(d) Whoopi Goldberg.

3. What is Bowling Green's attitude toward the possibility of Lincoln marrying Ann Rutledge?
(a) He is against the marriage; he knows Ann has been seeing someone else.
(b) Judge Green is against it; he thinks Ann will be a hindrance to Lincoln.
(c) He's all for the marriage; he thinks Ann will keep Lincoln on track.
(d) He's for the marriage; Ann's family has a lot of money to spend on campaigns.

4. How does Lincoln describe Douglas' verbal skills?
(a) He keeps 10 daggers flashing in the air.
(b) He uses smoke and mirrors.
(c) He slings arrows like Zeus.
(d) He juggles bullets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the true reason Lincoln wants to end the engagement with Mary Todd?

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

3. What is Lincoln's new attitude toward God after Ann's death?

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

5. Why is Ann's death such a setback to Lincoln?

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