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

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

3. Who have Bowling Green, Ninian Edwards and Josh Speed come to New Salem to see?
(a) Abe Lincoln.
(b) Ben Mattling.
(c) Seth Gale
(d) Ann Rutledge.

4. What is Lincoln's attitude about people before he meets Ann Rutledge?
(a) It's best not to get too close to people; they see the insanity behind the surface.
(b) The best thing is to take a vow of silence in order not to be bothered by fools.
(c) Getting close to others is the best antidote in the world to loneliness.
(d) All people are to a degree insane, but that shouldn't stop one from getting close to them.

5. What do Josh Speed and Bowling Green think might be the result, if slavery spreads further across the South?
(a) The British would reassert power over the colonies.
(b) Civil war might break out.
(c) Lincoln could be drafted to head the military.
(d) The South could overthrow the existing government and move the Capitol to Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lincoln return to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What is the local gossip in New Salem about Ann Rutledge?

3. What characteristics make Mary Todd a good catch in the eyes of most people?

4. What reason does Lincoln give in Act 2, Scene 4 for turning down the opportunity to speak against slavery?

5. In Act 2, Scene 5, does Lincoln ask Mary Todd to marry him?

(see the answer key)

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