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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who may have made the most accurate claim as to where Lincoln stood?
(a) Wills
(b) Mitchell
(c) Garrison
(d) Harrison

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

3. Lincoln believed that war was objectionable on what terms?
(a) Principle
(b) Religious
(c) Intellectual
(d) Moral

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

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

6. The speech claims that we have been met where?
(a) Gravesite
(b) Land of honor
(c) In front of heroes
(d) Battlefield

7. Which of these does not apply to Gorgias?
(a) Philosopher
(b) Doctor
(c) Nihilist
(d) Greek

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

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

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

11. How many generals were killed at Gettysburg?
(a) 26
(b) 31
(c) 24
(d) 11

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

13. Who is responsible for the formation of the government?
(a) Generals
(b) Congress
(c) People
(d) President

14. According to Lincoln, "____ breeds and thrives."
(a) Freedom
(b) Impulsiveness
(c) Anger
(d) Deception

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln offered pardons for which sector of the public?

2. Which of these does not fit into Lincoln's list of things that cannot be done to the battlefield?

3. During what war did Pericles make his speech?

4. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?

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

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