1. What is Lincoln's new attitude toward God after Ann's death?
(a) He accepts that "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."
(b) He can't pray to a God that needlessly allowed Ann to die.
(c) He knows if he had prayed day and night, Ann would have lived.
(d) He becomes an atheist.

2. What is happening when Lincoln enters Rutledge Tavern to deliver mail?
(a) The Clancy Groves boys have the judge trapped behind the bar.
(b) Ben Mattling is having a heart attack.
(c) A local bully is angling for a fight with Ninian Edwards.
(d) The Clancy Groves boys are buying a round of whiskey for everyone.

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

4. In a poem given to Lincoln by his teacher in the first scene, life is compared to what?
(a) A nightmare, a hallucination, a ghost.
(b) A fairy tale, a legend, a lie.
(c) A dream, a vision, a phantom.
(d) A river, a meadow, the wide horizon.

5. What subject is always heavy on Lincoln's mind?
(a) That he will fail at the job of postmaster.
(b) That if he ever gets out of debt, he'll get right back in again.
(c) That he'll never have a chance to run for public office.
(d) That his partner will buy the store where Abe works and fire him.