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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 3 Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people lived in Gettysburg at that time?
(a) 3200
(b) 2500
(c) 4000
(d) 1200

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

3. Unlike Lincoln's words, many speeches of the day were considered to be _________________.
(a) Flowery
(b) Endless
(c) Ornamental
(d) Putrid

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

5. To whom did Webster present his arguments?
(a) Congress
(b) The New York Times
(c) American Medical Association
(d) Supreme Court

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not associated with the Culture of Death?

2. In what city did Lincoln grow up?

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

4. What two words mark the difference between the Wills text and the Springfield text?

5. During what war did Pericles make his speech?

(see the answer key)

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