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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, slaves were often referred to as "the _______ of war."
(a) Victims
(b) Children
(c) Casualties
(d) Commodities

3. When Lincoln would go off by himself, he referred to it as _______________.
(a) Hypo
(b) Reconstitution
(c) Necessary
(d) Reprieve

4. Wills says this about Lincoln, "He was a Transcendentalist without the ______."
(a) Fuzziness
(b) Nonsense
(c) Stamina
(d) Imagination

5. The Culture of Death was considered to be ____________________.
(a) Required and revered
(b) Stylish and romantic
(c) Foolish and a waste of time
(d) Prudent and necessary

Short Answer Questions

1. What state did Henry Clay represent?

2. What did Lincoln believe to be the most important "founding" document?

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

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

5. What was Theodore Parker's profession?

(see the answer key)

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