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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other famed orator is referred to in this section?
(a) John F. Kennedy
(b) John Adams
(c) Franklin Roosevelt
(d) Patrick Henry

2. How many paragraphs are in the speech?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2

3. Everett's speech is an example of an oratory for what occasion?
(a) Burial
(b) Funeral
(c) War
(d) Wedding

4. Lincoln states that the government shall not ______________.
(a) Perish
(b) Fall
(c) Wain
(d) Disintegrate

5. Lincoln's approach was considered to be _______________.
(a) Sound
(b) Nonviolent
(c) Faulty
(d) Foolish

6. Which of the following is not used by Everett in describing the Southerners?
(a) Invaders
(b) Ruffians
(c) Rebels
(d) Belligerents

7. The author is careful to point out what item in Pericles' speech?
(a) Meaning
(b) Translations
(c) Useful references
(d) Use of language

8. Who is Frederick Tilberg?
(a) Curator of the Gettysburg Museum
(b) Well published Lincoln expert
(c) Lincoln's great-great-grandson
(d) Respected historian

9. In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech, he stated that the U.S. may have to pay for ________________.
(a) Family feuds
(b) Politicians' rage
(c) Presumptuous sins
(d) Slavery's outcome

10. Lincoln left out many topics in the speech which could have been addressed. Which is included?
(a) The Civil War
(b) Treason
(c) Slavery
(d) Emancipation Proclamation

11. What does antithetical refer to?
(a) Non-religious
(b) Illiteracy
(c) Opposition
(d) Valor

12. In the speech given by Pericles, he speaks of the virtues of his ____________.
(a) City
(b) Soldiers
(c) Beliefs
(d) God

13. Which was not a factor in determining the real site?
(a) Space for spectators
(b) Photographs
(c) Elevation of the speaker
(d) Eyewitness accounts

14. In what year did Lincoln serve in the military?
(a) 1848
(b) 1866
(c) 1809
(d) 1832

15. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?
(a) Douglass
(b) Herndon
(c) Wills
(d) Hay

Short Answer Questions

1. The speech claims that all men are created __________.

2. The South lost approximately how many soldiers?

3. What would Lincoln commonly do to his speeches as a reminder?

4. It is important for all to know that the men who died did not do so in __________.

5. How many generals were killed at Gettysburg?

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