Abe Lincoln in Illinois Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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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 does Ann's love do for Lincoln?
(a) Her love inspires him to write great poetry.
(b) Her love makes him irritable because she is so needy.
(c) Her love makes him believe in God, believe that all things are possible, and he can do anything he wants.
(d) Her love makes him weak at the knees and fuzzy in his thoughts; he knows he can't make anything of himself.

2. How does Lincoln define his "own great duty?"
(a) He needs to go West and seize California from the Mexican government.
(b) His duty is to defend the Constitution to the best of his understanding.
(c) He doesn't know what it is and he's tired of people nagging him about it.
(d) His duty is to mind his own business and he doesn't care what other people think.

3. What excuse does Ninian Edwards give for getting himself and his wife out of the parlor so Lincoln can be alone with Mary Todd?
(a) He feigns an injury and asks his wife to help him upstairs.
(b) He doesn't give an excuse, just grabs his wife's arm and hustles her off stage.
(c) He takes his wife dancing.
(d) The two have to hear their children's bedtime prayers.

4. Who is with Lincoln at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Ann Rutledge.
(b) Seth Gale.
(c) Bowling Green.
(d) Josh Speed.

5. What's the first thing one of the guests in Act 3, Scene 10 does after sitting down in the Lincolns' parlor?
(a) Offers Lincoln a job running his company.
(b) Spills tea on the sofa.
(c) Congratulates Lincoln on the beauty of the house.
(d) Asks permission to smoke a cigar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides debt, what topic often occupies Lincoln's mind?

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

3. What is Billy Herndon's flaw?

4. At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 10, Lincoln is sitting in his parlor with his sons. How many did he have?

5. What does Mary Todd tell her brother-in-law when he asks why she has chosen him as a husband?

(see the answer key)

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