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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Josh Speed's request to the Greens as he departs at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He asks them to keep Lincoln with them and not let him out of their sight.
(b) He asks them to call a physician to treat Lincoln's stress.
(c) He requests they accompany Lincoln to Springfield for opening of the Legislature.
(d) He wants them to take copious notes about Lincoln's mood.

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

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 diffuses the tension with the Clancy Groves boys.
(d) Lincoln announces there is free pie in the town square.

4. Besides debt, what topic often occupies Lincoln's mind?
(a) The prospect of death.
(b) The prospect of marriage.
(c) The prospect of civil war.
(d) The prospect of a harsh winter.

5. What is the local gossip in New Salem about Ann Rutledge?
(a) She is in line for a job as the town's teacher.
(b) She is in love with Abe Lincoln.
(c) She is secretly a witch.
(d) She has been jilted by her fiance, who left town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Bowling Green's attitude toward the possibility of Lincoln marrying Ann Rutledge?

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

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

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

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