1. What does Lincoln do at the end of Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) He leaves to break off his engagement in person.
(b) He writes another letter, telling Mary Todd he hates her.
(c) He decides he must go through with the wedding.
(d) He leaves town without informing Mary Todd.

2. One of Lincoln's clients can't pay her bill; why does Lincoln think she is right not to pay?
(a) She is a poor widow and Lincoln doesn't take money from widows.
(b) Lincoln took a horse from her late husband in payment.
(c) Lincoln defended her husband unsuccessfully and he was hanged.
(d) He believes she is going to inherit a lot of money, so he can wait for payment.

3. What is Billy Herndon's reaction to Lincoln's reasons for breaking off the engagement?
(a) He is gobsmacked, but he helps Lincoln write another letter.
(b) Herndon says Lincoln is really trying to escape his own failure to serve the country.
(c) Herndon agrees that Mary Todd is a witch and says he's glad Lincoln changed his mind.
(d) He is stunned and speechless. He finishes off the bottle in his pocket.

4. What is Lincoln's new attitude toward God after Ann's death?
(a) He can't pray to a God that needlessly allowed Ann to die.
(b) He accepts that "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."
(c) He knows if he had prayed day and night, Ann would have lived.
(d) He becomes an atheist.

5. 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) Shutting down the abolitionist newspaper.
(c) Taking over the Department of Justice.
(d) Opening a local branch of Macy's.