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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lincoln considering as his first act as president?
(a) Freeing the slaves.
(b) Growing a beard.
(c) Abolishing the Supreme Court.
(d) Annexing Texas.

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

3. At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 10, Lincoln is sitting in his parlor with his sons. How many did he have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. At the end of Scene 2, Act 8, what is Lincoln's response to Mary's actions?
(a) He responds awkwardly, embracing her loosely while staring down at the carpet.
(b) He is as enthusiastic as she is and dances a little jig.
(c) He stands stiffly and dreams of moving to Oregon with Seth Gale.
(d) Repulsed by her embrace, he backs away and again changes his mind.

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

6. Who, in Lincoln's headquarters, is the most anxious about the voting returns?
(a) Ninian Edwards.
(b) Josh Speed.
(c) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) Robert Lincoln.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. Why has Lincoln come to see Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) He has hopes she will revive his political career.
(b) He has come to apologize for breaking their engagement.
(c) He has come for dinner, at the invitation of her brother-in-law.
(d) He has come to give word of his engagement to another woman.

13. Lincoln says he has come to believe something about himself and Mary. What is it?
(a) Their destinies will take them to Europe to live.
(b) They are like peanut butter and jelly--good alone, but better together.
(c) They will never be happy together, no matter how they try.
(d) Their destinies are together, for better or worse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary Todd enters Act 2, Scene 10 while Lincoln is talking with his sons and objects to something the oldest son is doing. What is it?

2. What does Lincoln ask Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 8?

3. The influential men visiting Lincoln ask about his views on which two topics?

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

5. What causes Lincoln to change his mind about his future?

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