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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some believe that Lincoln wanted to be compared to what great historical figure?
(a) Plato
(b) Caesar
(c) Nero
(d) Michelangelo

2. What is another name for human progress?
(a) Evolution
(b) Mesmerism
(c) Forward thinking
(d) Achievement

3. Lincoln wrote a flowery message about Uncle Sam to which friend?
(a) Story
(b) Clay
(c) Conkling
(d) Herndon

4. Wills says this about Lincoln, "He was a Transcendentalist without the ______."
(a) Imagination
(b) Nonsense
(c) Fuzziness
(d) Stamina

5. Who was the president of the Southern states?
(a) George Meade
(b) Jefferson Davis
(c) Robert E. Lee
(d) Stonewall Jackson

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wills, Lincoln's speech is _______________.

2. Daniel Webster was known as a great _______________.

3. Everett taught what famous writer?

4. Lincoln said that one should hold firm as a ____ of steel.

5. What pastime interested Lincoln?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the basis of forming American ideals in the Constitution?

2. Lincoln's problem was thought to give the President what advantage? What did Lincoln's contemporaries think of his ailment?

3. What does the author say about the myth that Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg Address on the train from Washington to Gettysburg?

4. What was the game often played by John Hay and Lincoln after seeing a play?

5. How did Edward Everett tie into the revival?

6. What was Henry Clay's main objective in the political arena?

7. Lincoln adopted a more powerful way of writing by pairing what two elements?

8. How did Joseph Story fit into the anti-slavery movement?

9. Why was it important for Lincoln to avoid the issue of interracial marriage?

10. Explain the division of the parts for a traditional funereal oratory.

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