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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lincoln offered pardons for which sector of the public?
(a) Convicted soldiers
(b) Freed Slaves
(c) Traitors
(d) Slave owners

2. In what year was the signed lithograph sold?
(a) 1864
(b) 1868
(c) 1872
(d) 1863

3. According to Pericles, the soldiers died __________.
(a) Valiantly
(b) Graciously
(c) Slowly
(d) Violently

4. In what war did Lincoln serve as an officer?
(a) Civil War
(b) War of 1812
(c) Spanish-American War
(d) Black Hawk War

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

6. In what city was a signed lithograph of the Gettysburg Address sold?
(a) Washington
(b) Baltimore
(c) New York
(d) Springfield

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

8. Which part describes Lee's defeat?
(a) Aftermath
(b) Victory
(c) Retreat
(d) Exodus

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

10. When was the Hay text discovered?
(a) 1878
(b) 1923
(c) 1906
(d) 1894

11. The speech claims that all men are created __________.
(a) Faithful
(b) Important
(c) Equal
(d) Forthright

12. The South lost approximately how many soldiers?
(a) 42,000
(b) 31,000
(c) 56,000
(d) 37,000

13. What was David Wills' role in the Gettysburg event?
(a) Grave tender
(b) Photographer
(c) PR man
(d) Chairman

14. How many paragraphs are contained in Everett's speech?
(a) 49
(b) 77
(c) 58
(d) 102

15. Who was supposedly going to write remarks on a copy of the speech before it went to auction?
(a) Wills
(b) Everett
(c) Clay
(d) Herndon

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is connected to Pericles?

2. Who may have made the most accurate claim as to where Lincoln stood?

3. Who currently runs the Gettysburg cemetery?

4. What is the name of the final part?

5. In what year did Lincoln serve in the military?

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