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

2. What does Seth Gale's wife want for her sick son, besides the help of a doctor?
(a) A college scholarship so he won't have to live on the prairie.
(b) A bathtub full of cool water to calm his fever.
(c) A minister to drive the evil spirits from his soul.
(d) A minister to say a prayer.

3. What is Lincoln's attitude about people before he meets Ann Rutledge?
(a) All people are to a degree insane, but that shouldn't stop one from getting close to them.
(b) It's best not to get too close to people; they see the insanity behind the surface.
(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.

4. What is the true reason Lincoln wants to end the engagement with Mary Todd?
(a) She has taken to wearing spurs and brandishing a whip when they are alone.
(b) He hates her ambitions for him and doesn't want to be driven to achieve her goals for the rest of his life.
(c) He believes she really wants to marry Stephen Douglas.
(d) He knows he is losing his mind and wants to spare her from sharing his pain.

5. In Act 2, Scene 5, Lincoln mentions a woman "foxing" his pants--what does that mean?
(a) Sewing buckskin around the lower legs to keep them from being shredded by underbrush.
(b) Attaching foxskins down the legs as a means of camoflauge.
(c) The woman was flirting with him outrageously.
(d) Something so scandalous that Mary Todd showed Lincoln the door before he could explain.