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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Andrew Curtin?
(a) Owner of Gettysburg Field
(b) Secretary of State
(c) Governor of Pennsylvania
(d) Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law

2. Lincoln said that the soldiers "gave their lives that the _____ may live."
(a) Union
(b) Nation
(c) Founding Fathers
(d) Memories of Heroes

3. For the dead, one should offer ___________.
(a) Joy
(b) Courage
(c) Grief
(d) Praise

4. Regarding speech and poetry, what term is often referred to as the beat?
(a) Melody
(b) Cadence
(c) Rhythm
(d) Phrasing

5. According to Wills, Lincoln's speech is _______________.
(a) Prose-like
(b) Full of lament
(c) Overly emotional
(d) Dry

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a big believer in what school of thought?

5. What does the author refer to in context with the word "liminal"?

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