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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the main characters in the first scene of the play?
(a) Abe Lincoln and Seth Gale.
(b) Abe Lincoln and Mentor Graham.
(c) Mentor Graham, Seth Gale and Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln.

2. What is the setting of the first scene of Abe Lincoln in Illinois?
(a) A riverboat on the mighty Mississippi.
(b) A cabin near New Salem, Illionois, which belongs to Lincoln's teacher.
(c) A log cabin in the woods of Missouri.
(d) A tavern in Springfield.

3. Who is Ninian Edwards?
(a) Uncle of Elizabeth Edwards.
(b) Son of the Illinois governor.
(c) A merchant passing through New Salem.
(d) Josh Speed's stepbrother.

4. In a poem given to Lincoln by his teacher in the first scene, life is compared to what?
(a) A river, a meadow, the wide horizon.
(b) A dream, a vision, a phantom.
(c) A fairy tale, a legend, a lie.
(d) A nightmare, a hallucination, a ghost.

5. Who wrote the poem that Lincoln's teacher gives him to read?
(a) John Singer Sargeant.
(b) John Lennon.
(c) John Keats.
(d) John Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lincoln's response to a poem he reads regarding life and death?

2. What is Lincoln's attitude toward people?

3. What are the two professions open to people who fail at everything else, according to Lincoln's teacher?

4. How much would Lincoln be paid as a member of the legislature?

5. What is Lincoln studying in the opening scene?

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