1. What does Seth Gale's wife want for her sick son, besides the help of a doctor?
(a) A minister to say a prayer.
(b) A bathtub full of cool water to calm his fever.
(c) A college scholarship so he won't have to live on the prairie.
(d) A minister to drive the evil spirits from his soul.

2. 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 Ann Rutledge has run off to marry Josh Speed.
(d) That he will be a candidate for the assembly of the State of Illinois.

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

4. In a poem that Lincoln reads in the first scene, what is it that the poet finds strange about people?
(a) They look forward to death, even when life is good.
(b) They dance through life unaware of pleasure.
(c) They think of death as an awakening.
(d) They are afraid to face death alone.

5. What is it about the Gale family's plans that seems most important to Lincoln?
(a) The care they have for the nation and the possiblity they will abandon America if slavery spreads.
(b) The success they've achieved with the dry-cleaning business.
(c) The relationship they've developed with Gobey.
(d) Their big dreams for their son's future.