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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 does Seth Gale suggest might happen if slavery spreads West to new states and territories?
(a) He says settlers might form another country or move to Canada.
(b) He says settlers will be satisfied, regardless of the state of slavery.
(c) He thinks the Mexicans will attack if slavery spreads.
(d) He predicts settlers will raise an army and declare war.

2. What does Ann's love do for Lincoln?
(a) Her love makes him weak at the knees and fuzzy in his thoughts; he knows he can't make anything of himself.
(b) Her love makes him irritable because she is so needy.
(c) Her love makes him believe in God, believe that all things are possible, and he can do anything he wants.
(d) Her love inspires him to write great poetry.

3. Why does Lincoln return to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He has been kicked out of Springfiled for being drunk in public.
(b) Seth Gale summoned him with a letter.
(c) The Greens have asked him to mediate in their divorce.
(d) Ann Rutledge is sick.

4. When Lincoln leaves the parlor for a moment, how does one of his visitors in Act 3, Scene 9 describe him?
(a) A lawyer as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
(b) One of the smoothest, slickest politicians that ever hoodwinked a yokel mob.
(c) One of the most astute politicians who ever emerged from a backwoods log cabin.
(d) A demagogue who could play the ringmaster in a Barnum and Bailey Circus.

5. What does Mary Todd say when asked in Act. 2, Scene 5, if she is considering marriage to Lincoln?
(a) "That is the most repulsive idea I've ever heard."
(b) "I have never given that idea a moment's thought."
(c) "I have decided I shall be Mrs. Lincoln."
(d) "I am determined to marry Stephen Douglas."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Todd describe her part in the break-up of the engagement to Lincoln?

2. How does Lincoln jokingly describe, in Act 2, Scene 5, the act of defending a murder suspect?

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

4. Who is President of the United States at the time Edwards visits New Salem to meet Lincoln?

5. In a poem that Lincoln reads in the first scene, what is it that the poet finds strange about people?

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