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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word was never used by Lincoln in referring to those who committed illegal acts?
(a) Belligerent
(b) Outlaw
(c) Traitor
(d) Criminal

2. What country's culture had recently come back into style?
(a) Italy
(b) China
(c) France
(d) Greece

3. Lincoln was often referred to as what type of politician?
(a) Stoic
(b) Shrewd
(c) Apathetic
(d) Forceful

4. Where did Everett teach?
(a) Yale
(b) Harvard
(c) Oxford
(d) Brown

5. The South instituted laws against what activity?
(a) Traveling north
(b) Freeing personal slaves
(c) Going to political rallies
(d) Anti-slavery speeches

6. To whom did Webster present his arguments?
(a) Supreme Court
(b) Congress
(c) The New York Times
(d) American Medical Association

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

8. Some believe that all American novels came out of what popular book?
(a) Huckleberry Finn
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin
(c) Little House on the Prairie
(d) The Good Earth

9. What was the name of the Northern army?
(a) Yankee
(b) Bluecoats
(c) Liberators
(d) Union

10. According to Lincoln, if the Founding Fathers had failed, people would have referred to them as ______________.
(a) Fools
(b) Over ambitious
(c) Simpletons
(d) Idiots

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

12. What made it easier for Lincoln to speak about different topics in different areas?
(a) Lincoln always addressed specific interest groups
(b) No national media
(c) There is only one issue to discuss
(d) Lincoln did not go out on the campaign trail

13. Lincoln identified with what type of minister?
(a) Moonie
(b) Transcendentalist
(c) Conservative
(d) Baptist

14. In what state did Lincoln grow up?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Illinois
(c) West Virginia
(d) Rhode Island

15. The issue of interracial marriage was considered to be what kind of issue?
(a) Irrelevant
(b) Emotional
(c) Societal
(d) Dead

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Southern army?

2. Which topic was not avoided by Lincoln during the Gettysburg address?

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

4. For the dead, one should offer ___________.

5. What part of the classic speech tells people to live up to the sacrifice of those who died?

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