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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surrounds the flagpole at Gettysburg?
(a) Flowers
(b) Fence
(c) Graves
(d) Shrubs

2. Which text was surely not the correct one?
(a) Wilson
(b) Nicolay
(c) Everett
(d) Hay

3. What two words mark the difference between the Wills text and the Springfield text?
(a) Poor people
(b) Downtrodden soldiers
(c) Under God
(d) I surrender

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

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

6. The first part is titled, "The Athenian ______."
(a) Example
(b) Way
(c) Standard
(d) Warrior

7. Everett believes that allowing the South to win would subject blacks to a terror such as the one devised by ____________.
(a) Atilla the Hun
(b) Robespierre
(c) Apollo
(d) Rasputin

8. When was the correct site determined?
(a) 1907
(b) 1984
(c) 1962
(d) 1954

9. How many parts are included in Everett's speech?
(a) 9
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 11

10. Lincoln believed that following the war there would be a period of ______________________.
(a) Self-pity
(b) Remorse
(c) Bitterness
(d) Redemption

11. How many stanzas appear in Gorgias' work?
(a) 28
(b) 16
(c) 5
(d) 14

12. Because he grew up in a rural setting, Lincoln had many opportunities to witness what event(s)?
(a) Stealing
(b) Family feuds
(c) Barroom brawls
(d) Rural justice

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

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

15. How many words per sentence does Everett average?
(a) 63
(b) 91
(c) 86
(d) 78

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to receive notification that the chosen spot for Lincoln's speech was not the correct one?

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

3. The South lost approximately how many soldiers?

4. Who was supposedly going to write remarks on a copy of the speech before it went to auction?

5. It was originally believed that Lincoln stood facing what item(s)?

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