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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 happens to Ann Rutledge?
(a) She dies of a brain sickness.
(b) She runs away to Chicago to attend law school.
(c) Bitten by a mosquito, she is paralzyed and left speechless.
(d) She meets a wealthy man, marries him and moves West.

2. What opinion does Elizabeth Edwards have of Abe Lincoln?
(a) She calls him elegant, cultivated and likely to be rich some day soon.
(b) She thinks he's divinely good-looking, but shiftless.
(c) Compared to other men, he would be at the top of her list of potential husbands.
(d) She says he has a simple soul and is a most amiable creature, but not suitable as a husband.

3. How does Act 1, Scene 3, in which Ann Rutledge dies, come to an end?
(a) The scene ends with a prayer spoken by Nancy Green.
(b) The scene ends when Lincoln stumbles offstage, leaving his friends worried about his fate.
(c) The scene ends with only a beam of light from Abe's attic illuminating the stage.
(d) The scene concludes with Lincoln on his knees in the attic, sobbing.

4. What is the weather, as the Greens sit in their parlor, waiting for Abe to return from Ann Rutledge's home?
(a) It is storming, windy and rainy.
(b) The sun is shining brightly.
(c) A gentle breeze ruffles the leaves of autumn trees.
(d) A blizzard is going on.

5. What is Josh Speed's understanding of Lincoln's personality?
(a) Lincoln is a hopeless hypochondriac who reads Hamlet.
(b) Lincoln is a great fool with an odd understanding of the law.
(c) Lincoln is obsessive-compulsive and can't stop counting fence posts.
(d) Lincoln can't control his manic-depressive episodes and constantly makes a fool of himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ninian Edwards believe might be instigating the prospect of marriage between Abe Lincoln and Mary Todd?

2. What are the two professions open to people who fail at everything else, according to Lincoln's teacher?

3. In Act 2, Scene 4, why is Billy Herndon disappointed with Lincoln?

4. Who is President of the United States at the time Edwards visits New Salem to meet Lincoln?

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

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