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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family's vault rests near the correct location?
(a) Brown
(b) Bridges
(c) Benjamin
(d) Banneker

2. Who was the first person to receive notification that the chosen spot for Lincoln's speech was not the correct one?
(a) Maynard
(b) Wills
(c) Tilberg
(d) Selleck

3. Who is Frederick Tilberg?
(a) Curator of the Gettysburg Museum
(b) Respected historian
(c) Lincoln's great-great-grandson
(d) Well published Lincoln expert

4. When was the correct site determined?
(a) 1907
(b) 1984
(c) 1954
(d) 1962

5. Unlike Lincoln's words, many speeches of the day were considered to be _________________.
(a) Putrid
(b) Endless
(c) Ornamental
(d) Flowery

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Lincoln often attend plays?

2. Lincoln wrote a flowery message about Uncle Sam to which friend?

3. How many words are contained in the last sentence of the Gettysburg Address?

4. Who currently runs the Gettysburg cemetery?

5. Lincoln said that one should hold firm as a ____ of steel.

(see the answer key)

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