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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 Billy Herndon's flaw?
(a) He drinks too much and too often.
(b) He kills compulsively.
(c) He is a womanizer.
(d) He cheats at cards.

2. Where is Abe Lincoln staying while in New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) With Ann Rutledge's family.
(b) In Rutledge's Tavern.
(c) In a barn belonging to Josh Speed.
(d) At the home of Bowling and Nancy Green.

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

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

5. Who admits being the one who suggested recruiting Lincoln to run for office?
(a) Jack Armstrong.
(b) Ann Rutledge.
(c) Josh Speed.
(d) Seth Gale.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides debt, what topic often occupies Lincoln's mind?

3. What is the purpose of Edwards' visit to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does Billy Herndon urge Lincoln's friends to do, as Herndon leaves the office in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. What is Josh Speed's request to the Greens as he departs at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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