Abe Lincoln in Illinois Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piece of advice does Ninian Andrews give Lincoln concerning Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) He says Lincoln should always follow her advice because she has a good head for politics.
(b) He suggests giving in to her every whim in order to keep life happy.
(c) He tells Lincoln that Mary Todd should be committed to a hospital.
(d) He says Lincoln should keep a tight rein on her ambitions and delusions of grandeur.

2. How does Mary Todd characterize the life her sister and brother-in-law have chosen?
(a) She says they live in a house with fences, not to keep others out, but to keep themselves from escaping their own narrow lives.
(b) She calls them reckless and irresponsible because they have invested in too many rental properties.
(c) She says they live fearful lives, surrounded by fences designed to keep the world at arm's length.
(d) She recognizes their lives are adventurous, with no boundaries.

3. Who is with Lincoln at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Josh Speed.
(b) Bowling Green.
(c) Seth Gale.
(d) Ann Rutledge.

4. What is it that the visitors to Lincoln's home in Act 3, Scene 10 want to talk about with him?
(a) Running for President of the United States.
(b) Taking over the Department of Justice.
(c) Shutting down the abolitionist newspaper.
(d) Opening a local branch of Macy's.

5. 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) The best thing is to take a vow of silence in order not to be bothered by fools.
(c) Getting close to others is the best antidote in the world to loneliness.
(d) All people are to a degree insane, but that shouldn't stop one from getting close to them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What legal case established that slaves should be considered property?

3. What are the five indicative moods, as Lincoln knows them?

4. Why can't Lincoln bring himself to shoot a deer?

5. What is the weather, as the Greens sit in their parlor, waiting for Abe to return from Ann Rutledge's home?

(see the answer key)

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