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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Everett taught what famous writer?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Mark Twain
(c) Henry David Thoreau
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. What part of the classic speech tells people to live up to the sacrifice of those who died?
(a) Maintainment
(b) Paideia
(c) Synopsis
(d) Protreptikon
3. Lincoln often referred to the Declaration of Independence as representing what?
(a) Liberty
(b) Morality
(c) Ideals
(d) Freedom
4. Lincoln said that one should hold firm as a ____ of steel.
(a) Will
(b) Shield
(c) Chain
(d) Fence
5. Lincoln's style made him good at writing what documents?
(a) Telegrams
(b) Legal briefs
(c) Thank you notes
(d) Love letters
6. What is the proper name for a student of words?
(a) Philologist
(b) Ornithologist
(c) Entymologist
(d) Biologist
7. In what month was the Gettysburg Address held?
(a) December
(b) October
(c) September
(d) November
8. The military eventually stepped forward to ensure what?
(a) Friendship
(b) Domestic tranquility
(c) Free government
(d) Unity
9. According to the author, Lincoln was responsible for bringing all but one of these items to his Gettysburg Address:
(a) Language
(b) Myth
(c) Victory
(d) Imagery
10. Webster and Clay both supported what cause?
(a) Preservation of the Union
(b) Astrology
(c) Lincoln's political campaign
(d) The construction of the Gettysburg cemetery
11. What was Theodore Parker's profession?
(a) Railroad worker
(b) Preacher
(c) Congressman
(d) Cemetery worker
12. What made it easier for Lincoln to speak about different topics in different areas?
(a) No national media
(b) There is only one issue to discuss
(c) Lincoln did not go out on the campaign trail
(d) Lincoln always addressed specific interest groups
13. Which of these was not the basis for forming the American ideal?
(a) All men are created equal
(b) Every man has rights
(c) The government should protect those rights
(d) No man should be owned by another
14. To whom was Everett often compared?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Odin
(c) Pericles
(d) Socrates
15. Some believe that Lincoln wanted to be compared to what great historical figure?
(a) Plato
(b) Michelangelo
(c) Nero
(d) Caesar
Short Answer Questions
1. For the dead, one should offer ___________.
2. Regarding speech and poetry, what term is often referred to as the beat?
3. Lincoln said that the soldiers "gave their lives that the _____ may live."
4. How many years did Henry Clay serve in politics?
5. Because of the oncoming winter, how many bodies would need to be buried every day?
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