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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. What is Billy Herndon's flaw?
(a) He cheats at cards.
(b) He is a womanizer.
(c) He drinks too much and too often.
(d) He kills compulsively.

2. When Lincoln suggests he wants to die in Act 1, Scene 3, how do his friends respond?
(a) They agree that it might be best if he dies.
(b) They insist he stay and try to get some sleep.
(c) They promise to introduce him to other women.
(d) They fall to their knees and beg him to reconsider.

3. What is Lincoln's response to a poem he reads regarding life and death?
(a) He likes it: "It sure is good...it's fine!
(b) He finds it strange: "I don't get the meaning of it, at all."
(c) It depresses him: "Life is sure 'nuff short, why think about death?"
(d) He is inspired to write his own poetry: "I've got a thought, Teacher, give me a pencil."

4. What is the essential element Lincoln's party is seeking in a presidential candidate when they ask him to run?
(a) An anti-slavery attitude.
(b) A willingness to raise taxes.
(c) A strong military policy.
(d) The ability to get elected.

5. What is Lincoln studying in the opening scene?
(a) The plays of Shakespeare.
(b) Punctuation marks.
(c) The moods of a woman he would like to court.
(d) The moods of the English language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary Todd's mood when she finds out--at the last minute--that important men are coming to talk to her husband?

2. Who is Ninian Edwards?

3. What is the "good joke" Lincoln plans to tell Bowling Green at the end of Act 1, Scene 2 in the Rutledge Tavern?

4. What does Seth Gale suggest might happen if slavery spreads West to new states and territories?

5. What promise does Mary Todd extract from Lincoln before agreeing to marry him?

(see the answer key)

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