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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Daniel Webster was born in what state?
(a) Massachusetts
(b) New Hampshire
(c) Rhode Island
(d) Delaware

3. How many words are contained in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
(a) 463
(b) 501
(c) 349
(d) 272

4. Lincoln believed that if all men are created equal, they cannot be _____________.
(a) Separate
(b) Antiwar
(c) Of different religions
(d) Property

5. When Lincoln would go off by himself, he referred to it as _______________.
(a) Necessary
(b) Reconstitution
(c) Hypo
(d) Reprieve

6. Who was the commander of the Northern army?
(a) Lincoln
(b) Everett
(c) Meade
(d) Lee

7. One of the most popular gathering spots was located in what city?
(a) Chicago
(b) Boston
(c) Philadelphia
(d) Richmond

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

9. Which of the following was not mentioned as one of Parker's political concerns?
(a) Political conspiracy
(b) Slave colonies
(c) The Kansas-Nebraska Act
(d) Separation of church and state

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

11. Everett's style was considered to be ______________.
(a) Overblown
(b) Controversial
(c) Subtle
(d) Stingy

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

13. Lincoln said that one should hold firm as a ____ of steel.
(a) Shield
(b) Will
(c) Chain
(d) Fence

14. Everett taught what famous writer?
(a) Henry David Thoreau
(b) Robert Frost
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson
(d) Mark Twain

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lincoln's mind, which one of these things was not considered to be logical?

2. What was the last name of the famous orator scheduled to speak at Gettysburg?

3. How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last?

4. Who was a devoted colleague of Webster's?

5. How many is "four score and seven years"?

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