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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who spoke about "the strategy of annihilation?"
(a) Jackson
(b) Grant
(c) Lincoln
(d) Meade

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

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

4. What is a Gorgianism?
(a) Grave marker
(b) Balanced phrase
(c) Antebellum carriage
(d) Fungus

5. In what year was the original site contested?
(a) 1864
(b) 1868
(c) 1865
(d) 1871

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

7. Who currently runs the Gettysburg cemetery?
(a) Department of the Interior
(b) The Wills Family Trust
(c) Civil War Reenactment Society
(d) National Park Service

8. How many versions of the speech were presented to the public?
(a) 1
(b) 9
(c) 7
(d) 4

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

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

11. Which copy of the speech is most likely the authentic one?
(a) Wills'
(b) Springfield's
(c) Nicolay's
(d) Newspaper's

12. The speech calls upon the living to be _________ the works of the dead.
(a) Proud of
(b) Ashamed of
(c) Gentle with
(d) Dedicated to

13. Who preferred to focus on a policy of unconditional surrender?
(a) Herndon
(b) Webster
(c) McPherson
(d) Douglass

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

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

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. Lincoln's approach was considered to be _______________.

3. According to Pericles, the soldiers died __________.

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

5. Lincoln believed that war was objectionable on what terms?

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