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

2. What does Seth Gale suggest might happen if slavery spreads West to new states and territories?
(a) He thinks the Mexicans will attack if slavery spreads.
(b) He says settlers will be satisfied, regardless of the state of slavery.
(c) He says settlers might form another country or move to Canada.
(d) He predicts settlers will raise an army and declare war.

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

4. What is Mary Todd's lifelong dream for herself?
(a) That she will be able to nominate Supreme Court justices.
(b) That she will marry the President of the United States.
(c) That she will become President of the United States.
(d) That she will live a simple life, raising children.

5. What does Billy Herndon urge Lincoln's friends to do, as Herndon leaves the office in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Introduce Lincoln to a good woman to marry.
(b) Drag him out of the stagnant pool in which he is drowning himself.
(c) Take Lincoln out to dinner and get him drunk.
(d) Dunk Lincoln in the river to wash away his stubborn streak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the main characters in the first scene of the play?

2. When Act 2, Scene 4 opens in Lincoln's Springfield law office, how much time has passed since the death of Ann Rutledge?

3. In Act 2, Scene 5, does Lincoln ask Mary Todd to marry him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 419 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample