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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Lincoln's appearance different from Election Day?
(a) There is a patch over one eye.
(b) He has a beard.
(c) He has shaved his head.
(d) He is walking with a cane.

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

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

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

5. Seth Gale tells Abe he's feeling "pretty scared" about his son's health. What does Lincoln tell him?
(a) He offers to burn some incense and herbs to smoke out the boy's fever.
(b) He agrees Gale should be scared and urges him to turn back.
(c) He tells Gale that he, too, is scared but he will go West with the Gale family.
(d) He urges Gale not to be scared, that he is doing a "big thing" and shouldn't let anything beat him down.

6. What is Lincoln doing as he waits for the voting results?
(a) Writing his memoirs.
(b) Bouncing a tennis ball.
(c) Reading newspapers.
(d) Pacing nervously.

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

8. 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) Happy and admiring.
(d) Disapproving and sullen.

9. What state delivers the final votes needed for Lincoln's victory?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New York.

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

11. What is Mary Todd's mood when she finds out--at the last minute--that important men are coming to talk to her husband?
(a) Furious.
(b) Gleeful.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Irritated.

12. What is Lincoln wearing as he arrives for the train to Washington?
(a) A gray, hand-tailored suit.
(b) The kilt of his family's clan.
(c) A plaid shawl over his shoulders.
(d) A straw hat.

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

14. Who is the moderator of the debate between Lincoln and Douglas?
(a) Ninian Edwards.
(b) Bowling Green.
(c) Elizabeth Edwards.
(d) Whoopi Goldberg.

15. What is the essential element Lincoln's party is seeking in a presidential candidate when they ask him to run?
(a) An anti-slavery attitude.
(b) A strong military policy.
(c) A willingness to raise taxes.
(d) The ability to get elected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary agree to the public humiliation of taking Lincoln back after two years?

2. Douglas accuses Lincoln of having sympathy for slaves but no sympathy for another suffering group of people. Who are they?

3. What are Lincoln's visitors really looking for in their candidate for President?

4. How many states are there on Election Day, 1860?

5. How does Lincoln describe Douglas' verbal skills?

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