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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People often referred to the dead as returning where?
(a) To God
(b) To their ancestral home
(c) To Mother Earth
(d) To Valhalla

2. Progonoi and autochthones are parts of the speech that refer to the soldiers' ____________.
(a) Courage and Fortitude
(b) Weapons
(c) Belongings
(d) Ancestors

3. According to the author, Lincoln was responsible for bringing all but one of these items to his Gettysburg Address:
(a) Victory
(b) Imagery
(c) Language
(d) Myth

4. What part of the classic speech tells people to live up to the sacrifice of those who died?
(a) Synopsis
(b) Protreptikon
(c) Maintainment
(d) Paideia

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a big believer in what school of thought?
(a) Polymorphism
(b) Totalitarianism
(c) Transcendentalism
(d) Marxism

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a favorite place for these followers to gather?

2. The epainesis section of an ancient funeral oratory has how many parts?

3. To which political party did Clay and Webster belong?

4. Webster and Clay both supported what cause?

5. What was the name of the Southern army?

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