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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. The author claims that Lincoln's abolitionist policies may be hard to understand if one believes the concept to be ______________.
(a) Frivolous
(b) Ill planned
(c) Mystical
(d) Unfounded

2. How many people lived in Gettysburg at that time?
(a) 4000
(b) 3200
(c) 1200
(d) 2500

3. Lincoln identified with what type of minister?
(a) Moonie
(b) Transcendentalist
(c) Baptist
(d) Conservative

4. The translation of "Arete" is:
(a) Sorrow
(b) Valor
(c) Stop
(d) Victory

5. What distinguishes us from savages?
(a) Language
(b) Manners
(c) Clothing
(d) Government

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln wrote a flowery message about Uncle Sam to which friend?

2. Because of the oncoming winter, how many bodies would need to be buried every day?

3. Wills states that Lincoln used what type of imagery in the Gettysburg Address?

4. In what city did Lincoln grow up?

5. In Lincoln's mind, which one of these things was not considered to be logical?

Short Essay Questions

1. Complete this quote from Lincoln: "I do not perceive," he said, "that because the white man is to have the superior position that the Negro should be denied everything."

2. Why was Everett a desirable speaker at war memorials and cemeteries?

3. Why did Mrs. Lincoln engage in contact with the spirit world? How was this done?

4. What was Daniel Webster's famous quote regarding the succession of the Confederacy?

5. How did Edward Everett tie into the revival?

6. What were Wills' duties in addition to burying the bodies of the fallen soldiers?

7. Lincoln believed that the tone of his address would have to reflect what emotions and beliefs?

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

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

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

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