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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two professions open to people who fail at everything else, according to Lincoln's teacher?
(a) School teaching and politics.
(b) School teaching and store keeping.
(c) Politics and prospecting.
(d) Journalism and law.

2. What is happening when Lincoln enters Rutledge Tavern to deliver mail?
(a) Ben Mattling is having a heart attack.
(b) The Clancy Groves boys are buying a round of whiskey for everyone.
(c) The Clancy Groves boys have the judge trapped behind the bar.
(d) A local bully is angling for a fight with Ninian Edwards.

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

4. What does Lincoln do that impresses Ninian Edwards in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lincoln announces there is free pie in the town square.
(b) Lincoln punches a bully who is threatening Ann Rutledge.
(c) Lincoln diffuses the tension with the Clancy Groves boys.
(d) Lincoln gets everyone's attention by firing his pistol at the ceiling.

5. In Act 2, Scene 4, who arrives unexpectedly at Lincoln's office to visit?
(a) Bowling Green and Josh Speed.
(b) Bowling and Nancy Green.
(c) Seth Gale and Nancy Green.
(d) Ann Rutledge and Josh Speed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 4, why is Billy Herndon disappointed with Lincoln?

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

3. What is it about politics that Lincoln dislikes?

4. When Act 2, Scene 4 opens in Lincoln's Springfield law office, how much time has passed since the death of Ann Rutledge?

5. What happens at the end of Act 2, Scene 4 that proves Lincoln's claim that he is a social success?

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