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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where has Lincoln been, just before he arrives at the Edwards' home in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Visiting a potential client in jail.
(b) At the Statehouse, lobbying against gun registration.
(c) Visiting another woman, to whom he plans to propose.
(d) Fox hunting.

3. What excuse does Ninian Edwards give for getting himself and his wife out of the parlor so Lincoln can be alone with Mary Todd?
(a) He takes his wife dancing.
(b) He doesn't give an excuse, just grabs his wife's arm and hustles her off stage.
(c) The two have to hear their children's bedtime prayers.
(d) He feigns an injury and asks his wife to help him upstairs.

4. 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 diffuses the tension with the Clancy Groves boys.
(c) Lincoln announces there is free pie in the town square.
(d) Lincoln gets everyone's attention by firing his pistol at the ceiling.

5. 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 wants them to take copious notes about Lincoln's mood.
(c) He requests they accompany Lincoln to Springfield for opening of the Legislature.
(d) He asks them to call a physician to treat Lincoln's stress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mary Todd tell her brother-in-law when he asks why she has chosen him as a husband?

3. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 5 and what does it convey about the occupants?

4. In Scene 2, Act 4, Lincoln receives a letter from his old friend, Seth Gale. What is Gale worrying about?

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

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