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

2. Who have Bowling Green, Ninian Edwards and Josh Speed come to New Salem to see?
(a) Seth Gale
(b) Abe Lincoln.
(c) Ben Mattling.
(d) Ann Rutledge.

3. What does Lincoln do that impresses Ninian Edwards in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lincoln punches a bully who is threatening Ann Rutledge.
(b) Lincoln gets everyone's attention by firing his pistol at the ceiling.
(c) Lincoln announces there is free pie in the town square.
(d) Lincoln diffuses the tension with the Clancy Groves boys.

4. What are the two professions open to people who fail at everything else, according to Lincoln's teacher?
(a) Journalism and law.
(b) School teaching and store keeping.
(c) School teaching and politics.
(d) Politics and prospecting.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave the speech that Lincoln's teacher has him read?

2. What is the setting of the first scene of Abe Lincoln in Illinois?

3. Who is Ann Rutledge?

4. What is the subject of the speech Lincoln is studying in the first scene?

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

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