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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Lincoln bring himself to shoot a deer?
(a) Because of the scene in "Bambi," in which his mother was killed.
(b) Because he prefers bow-hunting.
(c) Because his mother was an anti-gun lobbyist.
(d) Because he once saw one running across his mother's grave.

2. Why does Bowling Green call Lincoln "an artful dodger" in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Lincoln manages to slip away from debt collectors just when they are closing in on him.
(b) Lincoln continually evades running for any office that would require him to take a public stand on slavery.
(c) Lincoln has left a number of women at the altar.
(d) Lincoln is an accomplished amateur boxer who never takes a blow to the chin.

3. Who wrote the poem that Lincoln's teacher gives him to read?
(a) John Singer Sargeant.
(b) John Keats.
(c) John Brown.
(d) John Lennon.

4. Lincoln says he has come to believe something about himself and Mary. What is it?
(a) They are like peanut butter and jelly--good alone, but better together.
(b) Their destinies are together, for better or worse.
(c) Their destinies will take them to Europe to live.
(d) They will never be happy together, no matter how they try.

5. What are the two professions open to people who fail at everything else, according to Lincoln's teacher?
(a) Journalism and law.
(b) Politics and prospecting.
(c) School teaching and store keeping.
(d) School teaching and politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Josh Speed give Lincoln regarding his mental health?

2. What last ditch effort does Mary Todd's sister make to prevent a proposal from Lincoln toward the end of Act 2, Scene 5?

3. What is the setting of the first scene of Abe Lincoln in Illinois?

4. What happens when Seth Gale's boy takes a turn for the worse before the doctor arrives at the end of Act 2, Scene 7?

5. What does Lincoln do with his notes before he begins speaking in the debate with Douglas?

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