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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech, he stated that the U.S. may have to pay for ________________.
(a) Presumptuous sins
(b) Family feuds
(c) Politicians' rage
(d) Slavery's outcome

2. Lincoln often referred to the Declaration of Independence as representing what?
(a) Liberty
(b) Morality
(c) Freedom
(d) Ideals

3. What country's culture had recently come back into style?
(a) China
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) Greece

4. Which of these is not associated with the Culture of Death?
(a) Black clothes
(b) Armbands
(c) Black roses
(d) Public displays of grief

5. What metaphor may be used to describe this experience?
(a) Injury
(b) Horizon
(c) Cold
(d) Wind

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a devoted colleague of Webster's?

2. Where might one have this experience?

3. In classical oration, there are two parts: Epainesis and _______________.

4. Who was the commander of the Southern army?

5. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?

(see the answer key)

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