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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of community was Gettysburg?
(a) Farming
(b) Service related
(c) Industrial
(d) Mining

2. How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 9
(d) 3

3. The crowd at Gettysburg gathered to dedicate a _____________.
(a) Cemetery
(b) Battalion
(c) Monument
(d) Bridge

4. In classical oration, there are two parts: Epainesis and _______________.
(a) Mytosis
(b) Paralysis
(c) Symbiosis
(d) Parainesis

5. Everett taught what famous writer?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Mark Twain
(d) Henry David Thoreau

Short Answer Questions

1. How many is "four score and seven years"?

2. What was the last name of the famous orator scheduled to speak at Gettysburg?

3. Who was Andrew Curtin?

4. Who was the commander of the Southern army?

5. The translation of "Arete" is:

(see the answer key)

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