1. What is the "good joke" Lincoln plans to tell Bowling Green at the end of Act 1, Scene 2 in the Rutledge Tavern?
(a) That Jack Armstrong, of the Clancy Groves boys, will run for the State Assembly.
(b) That a chicken crossed the road to get to the other side.
(c) That he will be a candidate for the assembly of the State of Illinois.
(d) That Ann Rutledge has run off to marry Josh Speed.

2. What does Seth Gale suggest might happen if slavery spreads West to new states and territories?
(a) He thinks the Mexicans will attack if slavery spreads.
(b) He says settlers will be satisfied, regardless of the state of slavery.
(c) He predicts settlers will raise an army and declare war.
(d) He says settlers might form another country or move to Canada.

3. Ninian Andrews arrives at Lincoln's office and learns about a sad event. What is it?
(a) Lincoln's dog, Rufus, has been killed in a hunting mishap.
(b) Seth Gale's mother is dead of malaria.
(c) The death of Lincoln's friend, Bowling Green.
(d) Jack Armstrong is in jail for murder.

4. How does Lincoln surprise Ann Rutledge while she is clearing tables during Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) By delivering a package from her fiance.
(b) By bursting into song when she agrees to talk with him.
(c) By declaring his love for her.
(d) By asking her to dance on the bar.

5. How does Lincoln jokingly describe, in Act 2, Scene 5, the act of defending a murder suspect?
(a) "Spinning doubt as thick as a black widow's web."
(b) "Tossing enough hot potatos to keep a judge from telling which one is rotten."
(c) "Doing what I can to obstruct the orderly processes of justice."
(d) "Whipping such a blizzard of words as to keep justice slipping and sliding."