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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was not a word used by Lincoln to describe the American Revolution?
(a) Famine
(b) Pride
(c) Blood
(d) Fire

2. Some believe that all American novels came out of what popular book?
(a) Huckleberry Finn
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin
(c) Little House on the Prairie
(d) The Good Earth

3. What is the proper name for a student of words?
(a) Biologist
(b) Philologist
(c) Ornithologist
(d) Entymologist

4. According to Wills, Lincoln's address is comparable to a classic oration of how many parts?
(a) 9
(b) 2
(c) 6
(d) 3

5. Some believe that Lincoln wanted to be compared to what great historical figure?
(a) Plato
(b) Michelangelo
(c) Caesar
(d) Nero

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lincoln's wife's name?

2. Lincoln offered pardons for which sector of the public?

3. What country's culture had recently come back into style?

4. This school of thought relied on what?

5. To learn to write well, Lincoln studied Hugh Blair's work on what topic?

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