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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Todd's sister predict if she marries Lincoln?
(a) A life in a miserable cabin, without servants and without decent clothing.
(b) A life in a quaint cabin, stitching buckskin clothing and raising a passel of children.
(c) A glittering life in the nation's capital, dancing with elegant Europeans.
(d) A wanderer's life, as Lincoln can't seem to hold a decent job.

2. In Act 2, Scene 5, does Lincoln ask Mary Todd to marry him?
(a) No, but she expects he will ask that evening.
(b) No, but she plans to pop the question that evening.
(c) Yes, but Elizabeth's objections put the matter on hold.
(d) Yes, but she says she can't quite decide.

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 wants them to take copious notes about Lincoln's mood.
(c) He asks them to call a physician to treat Lincoln's stress.
(d) He asks them to keep Lincoln with them and not let him out of their sight.

4. Who is Elizabeth Edwards?
(a) The woman Abe Lincoln loves and wants to marry.
(b) The author of two memoirs.
(c) Mary Todd's sister and Ninian Edwards' wife.
(d) The wife of a one-time presidential candidate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ann Rutledge?

2. What is Lincoln's response to a poem he reads regarding life and death?

3. What subject is always heavy on Lincoln's mind?

4. Ninian Andrews arrives at Lincoln's office and learns about a sad event. What is it?

5. When Act 2, Scene 4 opens in Lincoln's Springfield law office, how much time has passed since the death of Ann Rutledge?

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