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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding speech and poetry, what term is often referred to as the beat?
(a) Melody
(b) Rhythm
(c) Cadence
(d) Phrasing

2. How many years did Henry Clay serve in politics?
(a) 25
(b) 15
(c) 30
(d) 10

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

4. Wills states that Lincoln used what type of imagery in the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Overextended
(b) Muddled
(c) Fertility
(d) Precise

5. What was Lincoln's wife's name?
(a) Ruth
(b) Mary
(c) Helen
(d) Elizabeth

6. Lincoln was considered to be less a politician and more a _________________.
(a) Father
(b) General
(c) Mediator
(d) Policeman

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

8. Who was a devoted colleague of Webster's?
(a) Joseph Story
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) Andrew Jackson
(d) Theodore Parker

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

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

11. Democrats were eager to keep the peace about what situation?
(a) Lincoln's second inauguration
(b) Abolition
(c) The Battle of Gettysburg
(d) The Dred Scott case

12. What state did Henry Clay represent?
(a) Ohio
(b) Virginia
(c) Louisiana
(d) Kentucky

13. Lincoln's style made him good at writing what documents?
(a) Love letters
(b) Legal briefs
(c) Thank you notes
(d) Telegrams

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

15. Webster had successfully argued how many cases?
(a) 34
(b) 180
(c) 75
(d) 209

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not mentioned as one of Parker's political concerns?

2. What type of community was Gettysburg?

3. Which of the following is not one of the elements of the speech discussed?

4. What metaphor may be used to describe this experience?

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

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