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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 is President of the United States at the time Edwards visits New Salem to meet Lincoln?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

2. What is Lincoln studying in the opening scene?
(a) Punctuation marks.
(b) The plays of Shakespeare.
(c) The moods of the English language.
(d) The moods of a woman he would like to court.

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

4. How much would Lincoln be paid as a member of the legislature?
(a) $3 a day.
(b) $2.50 a day.
(c) Nothing, it's a volunteer job.
(d) $5 a day.

5. What are the five indicative moods, as Lincoln knows them?
(a) Commanding, Questioning, Doubting, Inferior and Decisive.
(b) Meditative, Imperial, Possible, Subjective and Infinite.
(c) Sad, Glad, Mad, Grumpy and Giddy.
(d) Indicative, Imperative, Potential, Subjunctive and Infinitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about politics that Lincoln dislikes?

2. What is happening when Lincoln enters Rutledge Tavern to deliver mail?

3. Who wrote the poem that Lincoln's teacher gives him to read?

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

5. Who are the main characters in the first scene of the play?

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