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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. What is it about the Gale family's plans that seems most important to Lincoln?
(a) Their big dreams for their son's future.
(b) The relationship they've developed with Gobey.
(c) The care they have for the nation and the possiblity they will abandon America if slavery spreads.
(d) The success they've achieved with the dry-cleaning business.

2. What is the "good joke" Lincoln plans to tell Bowling Green at the end of Act 1, Scene 2 in the Rutledge Tavern?
(a) That a chicken crossed the road to get to the other side.
(b) That Ann Rutledge has run off to marry Josh Speed.
(c) That he will be a candidate for the assembly of the State of Illinois.
(d) That Jack Armstrong, of the Clancy Groves boys, will run for the State Assembly.

3. What song does the band play as Lincoln departs?
(a) "Let It Be."
(b) "Happy Days Are Here Again."
(c) "John Brown's Body."
(d) "Ave Maria."

4. To which of Shakespeare's characters does Douglas compare Lincoln?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Romeo.
(d) Macbeth.

5. How does Mary Todd characterize the life her sister and brother-in-law have chosen?
(a) She recognizes their lives are adventurous, with no boundaries.
(b) She says they live fearful lives, surrounded by fences designed to keep the world at arm's length.
(c) She says they live in a house with fences, not to keep others out, but to keep themselves from escaping their own narrow lives.
(d) She calls them reckless and irresponsible because they have invested in too many rental properties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ninian Andrews arrives at Lincoln's office and learns about a sad event. What is it?

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

3. In Act 2, Scene 4, why is Billy Herndon disappointed with Lincoln?

4. Who is the moderator of the debate between Lincoln and Douglas?

5. How does Lincoln intend to communicate his intentions to Mary Todd?

(see the answer key)

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