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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. In Scene 2, Act 4, what office is Lincoln seeking?
(a) Springfield's combined office of dogcatcher and postmaster.
(b) President of the Springfield School Board.
(c) Member of the Electoral College.
(d) President of the United States.

2. What is Bowling Green's attitude toward the possibility of Lincoln marrying Ann Rutledge?
(a) He's for the marriage; Ann's family has a lot of money to spend on campaigns.
(b) Judge Green is against it; he thinks Ann will be a hindrance to Lincoln.
(c) He is against the marriage; he knows Ann has been seeing someone else.
(d) He's all for the marriage; he thinks Ann will keep Lincoln on track.

3. 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.

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

5. Who is President of the United States at the time Edwards visits New Salem to meet Lincoln?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Act 1, Scene 3, in which Ann Rutledge dies, come to an end?

2. What is the wedding gift Ninian has brought Abe?

3. In Act 2, Scene 6, Lincoln sits at his desk on the day he is to be married. What day of the year is it?

4. The influential men visiting Lincoln ask about his views on which two topics?

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

(see the answer key)

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