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

2. What is Lincoln's initial response to the idea of running for office?
(a) He's excited and jumps at the chance.
(b) He thinks it's a comical notion and not a good idea.
(c) He weeps because his friends think so highly of him.
(d) He is angry because he thinks the idea is a bad joke.

3. Why does Lincoln return to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Seth Gale summoned him with a letter.
(b) Ann Rutledge is sick.
(c) The Greens have asked him to mediate in their divorce.
(d) He has been kicked out of Springfiled for being drunk in public.

4. What is the purpose of Edwards' visit to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) To recruit Lincoln to run for the State Assembly.
(b) To look at the Rutledge Tavern as an investment.
(c) To bring law and order to New Salem.
(d) To announce his own run for the presidency.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lincoln studying in the opening scene?

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

3. What is Lincoln's attitude about people before he meets Ann Rutledge?

4. What are the five indicative moods, as Lincoln knows them?

5. Why is Ann's death such a setback to Lincoln?

(see the answer key)

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