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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. What is the plan that Seth Gale and Lincoln have for their futures?
(a) To move west, to Nebraska.
(b) To relocate to Springfield and open a general store.
(c) To attend law school and go into practice together.
(d) To move to California, in search of gold.

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

3. What is the subject of the speech Lincoln is studying in the first scene?
(a) The upcoming union of North and South; the speaker objects.
(b) The right of states to secede from the Union; the speaker approves.
(c) The right of states to secede from the Union; the speaker objects.
(d) South Carolina's decision to break away from North Carolina; the speaker approves.

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

5. Who gave the speech that Lincoln's teacher has him read?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Daniel Webster.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln do that impresses Ninian Edwards in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who have Bowling Green, Ninian Edwards and Josh Speed come to New Salem to see?

3. Who admits being the one who suggested recruiting Lincoln to run for office?

4. Who is Ann Rutledge?

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

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