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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. Asked how he'll feel if he loses, how does Lincoln predict he will feel?
(a) Afraid to face Mary.
(b) The greatest sense of relief.
(c) Crushed beyond belief.
(d) As flustered as a toad in hot water.

2. How does Lincoln jokingly describe, in Act 2, Scene 5, the act of defending a murder suspect?
(a) "Whipping such a blizzard of words as to keep justice slipping and sliding."
(b) "Doing what I can to obstruct the orderly processes of justice."
(c) "Spinning doubt as thick as a black widow's web."
(d) "Tossing enough hot potatos to keep a judge from telling which one is rotten."

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

4. What is the mood of the crowd surging around Lincoln at the railroad station?
(a) Hostile and silent.
(b) There was no crowd, it was pouring rain.
(c) Disapproving and sullen.
(d) Happy and admiring.

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) Dunk Lincoln in the river to wash away his stubborn streak.
(c) Take Lincoln out to dinner and get him drunk.
(d) Drag him out of the stagnant pool in which he is drowning himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What opinion does Elizabeth Edwards have of Abe Lincoln?

2. How does the weather complement Lincoln's mood when he arrives at the home of the Greens' with news of Ann's death?

3. How does Mary Todd characterize the life her sister and brother-in-law have chosen?

4. What does Lincoln do that impresses Ninian Edwards in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. In Act 2, Scene 5, Lincoln mentions a woman "foxing" his pants--what does that mean?

(see the answer key)

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