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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lincoln's main rival for the presidency?
(a) William Herndon.
(b) Stephen Douglas.
(c) Uriah Heep.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

2. What does Lincoln do with his notes before he begins speaking in the debate with Douglas?
(a) Rips them to pieces.
(b) Puts them on the podium.
(c) Sticks them under his chair.
(d) Puts them in his hat.

3. What is the name of President-elect Lincoln's bodyguard?
(a) Gilooly.
(b) Kavanagh.
(c) O'Reilly.
(d) Hodgson.

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

5. What does Lincoln ask Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) To contribute to his campaign.
(b) To move west to Oregon with him and Seth Gale.
(c) To leave town so he and Ninian Edwards can resume their friendship.
(d) To be his wife.

6. What is the last line of the play, sung by the crowd?
(a) "His soul goes marching on."
(b) "Happy days are here again."
(c) "He stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni."
(d) "God bless America."

7. What is Mary Todd Lincoln's response to her husband's suggestion that she go home?
(a) She laughs and insists she's staying until the bitter end.
(b) She turns silently and leaves the room.
(c) She becomes hysterical and says her husband hates her.
(d) She bursts into tears and slaps him.

8. What is the sentence that Lincoln tells his farewell crowd is true and appropriate for all times and occasions?
(a) "What's good for the goose is good for the gander."
(b) "And this, too, shall pass away."
(c) "This is the day the Lord has made."
(d) "One step for man, a giant step for mankind."

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

10. In the debate, Lincoln accuses Douglas of pandering to both sides of the slavery issue. What does he mean?
(a) Refusing to take a stand either for or against slavery.
(b) Breathing heavily whenever the issue becomes heated.
(c) Offering a trip to China to see the giant Pandas if a compromise is reached.
(d) Telling the South he's for slavery and the North that it shouldn't be allowed to spread.

11. Douglas accuses Lincoln of having sympathy for slaves but no sympathy for another suffering group of people. Who are they?
(a) Auto workers in Detroit.
(b) Textile workers in the North.
(c) Seamstresses on the East Coast.
(d) Windsurfers in Hawaii.

12. How does Mary Todd accept Lincoln's proposal at the end of Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) She clutches him tightly, declares her undying love and begins sobbing.
(b) She dances happily into his arms and pulls his beard while saying yes.
(c) She appears to hesitate, keeping him wondering for a moment if she will accept.
(d) She bursts into tears and says she must marry him because he has ruined her reputation.

13. In the debate, Douglas says Lincoln appears innocent but is very good at doing something dangerous with his words. What is it?
(a) Flinging words like David flung stones.
(b) Aiming verbal volleys with the accuracy of a sharpshooter.
(c) Inserting daggers between an opponent's ribs.
(d) Tossing verbal lightning bolts with lethal force.

14. What is it that the visitors to Lincoln's home in Act 3, Scene 10 want to talk about with him?
(a) Opening a local branch of Macy's.
(b) Shutting down the abolitionist newspaper.
(c) Taking over the Department of Justice.
(d) Running for President of the United States.

15. What are the issues on Lincoln's mind as he addresses the crowd?
(a) His wife's mental health.
(b) The cost of maintaining the railroads.
(c) A strike by factory workers in New Jersey.
(d) The break-up of the Union because 11 states have promised to secede.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood of the crowd surging around Lincoln at the railroad station?

2. What is the dream from ancient times that Lincoln speaks of in his farewell?

3. Who, in Lincoln's headquarters, is the most anxious about the voting returns?

4. What do the red flags mean in the map of states in Lincoln's campaign headquarters?

5. After 18 years of marriage to Lincoln, what is it that Mary Todd is bitter about?

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