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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Abe Lincoln at the time of Act 2, Scene 4 in his Springfield law office?
(a) 72-years-old.
(b) 45-years-old.
(c) 31-years-old.
(d) 27-years-old.

2. Billy Herndon, Lincoln's law clerk, arrives in Act 2, Scene 6. What is his condition?
(a) He has quit drinking and is sober.
(b) He's debilitated by swamp fever.
(c) He's suffering from an early case of swine flu.
(d) He's drunk, as usual.

3. How is the crowd outside receiving voting results?
(a) Announcements are made by loudspeaker.
(b) Through their Twitter accounts.
(c) By images flashed by a magic lantern outside the State House.
(d) A crier shouts the results from the roof of the State House.

4. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 5 and what does it convey about the occupants?
(a) The setting is the parlor of Ninian Edwards' home and it conveys a comfortable upper-class life.
(b) The setting is a grand ballroom and it conveys the gala celebration of political victory.
(c) The setting is Lincoln's log cabin and it conveys a feeling of bachelor solitude.
(d) The setting is Ninian Edwards' home and it conveys a sense of genteel poverty.

5. What is the true reason Lincoln wants to end the engagement with Mary Todd?
(a) He knows he is losing his mind and wants to spare her from sharing his pain.
(b) She has taken to wearing spurs and brandishing a whip when they are alone.
(c) He hates her ambitions for him and doesn't want to be driven to achieve her goals for the rest of his life.
(d) He believes she really wants to marry Stephen Douglas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that the visitors to Lincoln's home in Act 3, Scene 10 want to talk about with him?

2. What is the weather, as the Greens sit in their parlor, waiting for Abe to return from Ann Rutledge's home?

3. What is Lincoln considering as his first act as president?

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

5. What is the plan that Seth Gale and Lincoln have for their futures?

(see the answer key)

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