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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these was not the basis for forming the American ideal?
(a) Every man has rights
(b) The government should protect those rights
(c) All men are created equal
(d) No man should be owned by another

2. Where is Gettysburg?
(a) Pennsylvania
(b) North Carolina
(c) Maryland
(d) Virginia

3. Who was the president of the Southern states?
(a) George Meade
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) Stonewall Jackson
(d) Jefferson Davis

4. Where did Everett teach?
(a) Brown
(b) Harvard
(c) Yale
(d) Oxford

5. In what month was the Gettysburg Address held?
(a) December
(b) October
(c) September
(d) November

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the oncoming winter, how many bodies would need to be buried every day?

2. Progonoi and autochthones are parts of the speech that refer to the soldiers' ____________.

3. According to Wills, Lincoln's address is comparable to a classic oration of how many parts?

4. Regarding speech and poetry, what term is often referred to as the beat?

5. Who was William Herndon?

(see the answer key)

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