View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mary Todd enters Act 2, Scene 10 while Lincoln is talking with his sons and objects to something the oldest son is doing. What is it?
(a) Smoking in the parlor.
(b) Putting his feet on the furniture.
(c) Scratching under his arm.
(d) Playing the piano with sticky fingers.

2. What does Lincoln's companion think of Lincoln's plan for his wedding?
(a) He thinks Lincoln is being too brutal, at least in the way he intends to deliver the news.
(b) He believes everything will work out fine, once Lincoln has a drink or two.
(c) He agrees that Lincoln is making the right decision, for the right reasons.
(d) He's distressed and offers to deliver the news himself.

3. What does Lincoln ask Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) To move west to Oregon with him and Seth Gale.
(b) To contribute to his campaign.
(c) To leave town so he and Ninian Edwards can resume their friendship.
(d) To be his wife.

4. What legal case established that slaves should be considered property?
(a) Dred Scott v. Sandford.
(b) The Slaughterhouse Cases.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Marbury v. Madison.

5. What is the mood of the speech Lincoln is asked to read in the first scene?
(a) Potential.
(b) Infinitive.
(c) Indicative.
(d) Subjunctive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Billy Herndon's reaction to Lincoln's reasons for breaking off the engagement?

2. At the end of Scene 2, Act 8, what is Lincoln's response to Mary's actions?

3. What are the five indicative moods, as Lincoln knows them?

4. Who is Ann Rutledge?

5. What are the two professions open to people who fail at everything else, according to Lincoln's teacher?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 417 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample