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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city did Lincoln grow up?
(a) Springfield
(b) Providence
(c) Louisville
(d) Morgantown

2. Lincoln's depression was considered to be a sign of _________________.
(a) Genius
(b) Anger
(c) Malnutrition
(d) Allergies

3. Who was the man put in charge of cemetery operation?
(a) Potter
(b) Wills
(c) Winslow
(d) McDonald

4. What pastime interested Lincoln?
(a) Aerobics
(b) Dressage
(c) Analytical exercises
(d) Boating

5. This school of thought relied on what?
(a) Senses
(b) Money
(c) Politics
(d) Family

6. Where might one have this experience?
(a) In nature
(b) In the bathtub
(c) While sleeping
(d) At work

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

8. Lincoln believed that what action would help to deter slavery?
(a) Imprisonment for slave owners
(b) Confinement
(c) New laws
(d) Political speeches

9. What year is the main focus of the story?
(a) 1901
(b) 1924
(c) 1849
(d) 1863

10. At whom did Lincoln often poke fun?
(a) Stephen Douglas
(b) Jefferson Davis
(c) Robert E. Lee
(d) Himself

11. Who was the president of the Southern states?
(a) Stonewall Jackson
(b) Jefferson Davis
(c) George Meade
(d) Robert E. Lee

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

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

14. For the dead, one should offer ___________.
(a) Grief
(b) Joy
(c) Courage
(d) Praise

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel Webster was born in what state?

2. What was the name of the Southern army?

3. According to the author, Lincoln was responsible for bringing all but one of these items to his Gettysburg Address:

4. Who was William Herndon?

5. Lincoln believed that if all men are created equal, they cannot be _____________.

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