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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) John Glenn.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

2. Who is Ann Rutledge?
(a) Lincoln's aunt.
(b) A nun who has taken up the monastic life in Illinois.
(c) The postmistress of New Salem.
(d) The woman Abe Lincoln wants to court.

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

4. What, besides politics, does Lincoln have on his mind during the scene in the Rutledge Tavern?
(a) Asking town officials for a raise in his wages as postmaster.
(b) Asking Ann Rutledge to consider him as a suitor.
(c) Taking over the family farm from his sick father.
(d) Running down to the town picnic for a piece of pie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides debt, what topic often occupies Lincoln's mind?

2. What is the plan that Seth Gale and Lincoln have for their futures?

3. What does Lincoln's teacher suggest Lincoln do to improve his life?

4. In a poem given to Lincoln by his teacher in the first scene, life is compared to what?

5. What is Lincoln's attitude toward people?

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