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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 does Jack Armstrong tell Seth Gale about Lincoln while they wait for Lincoln's arrival in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Lincoln has "come up in town and thinks too much of himself."
(b) Lincoln "ain't the same since he married Mary Todd."
(c) Lincoln has "slipped down and ain't much like his comical self."
(d) Lincoln "is his same comical old self."

2. What is Billy Herndon's flaw?
(a) He cheats at cards.
(b) He drinks too much and too often.
(c) He is a womanizer.
(d) He kills compulsively.

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

4. What piece of advice does Ninian Andrews give Lincoln concerning Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) He tells Lincoln that Mary Todd should be committed to a hospital.
(b) He says Lincoln should keep a tight rein on her ambitions and delusions of grandeur.
(c) He says Lincoln should always follow her advice because she has a good head for politics.
(d) He suggests giving in to her every whim in order to keep life happy.

5. Why does Lincoln return to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He has been kicked out of Springfiled for being drunk in public.
(b) Seth Gale summoned him with a letter.
(c) The Greens have asked him to mediate in their divorce.
(d) Ann Rutledge is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the playwright describe the appearance of Stephen Douglas as he takes the stage to debate Lincoln?

2. In a poem that Lincoln reads in the first scene, what is it that the poet finds strange about people?

3. Why is Mary Todd so sure that Lincoln will be a success, and not stop to tell jokes, as her sister predicts?

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

5. What does Mary Todd's sister predict if she marries Lincoln?

(see the answer key)

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