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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. Which topic was not avoided by Lincoln during the Gettysburg address?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation
(b) The Civil War
(c) Freed slaves
(d) A slave's right to vote

2. The author claims that Lincoln's abolitionist policies may be hard to understand if one believes the concept to be ______________.
(a) Unfounded
(b) Frivolous
(c) Mystical
(d) Ill planned

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

4. What city is connected to Pericles?
(a) Athens
(b) Sparta
(c) Corinth
(d) Troy

5. How many words are contained in the last sentence of the Gettysburg Address?
(a) 71
(b) 47
(c) 83
(d) 104

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was William Herndon?

2. In what year was Pericles born?

3. Lincoln's depression was considered to be a sign of _________________.

4. Everett taught what famous writer?

5. People often referred to the dead as returning where?

(see the answer key)

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