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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. How many people lived in Gettysburg at that time?
(a) 2500
(b) 3200
(c) 4000
(d) 1200
2. Which topic was not avoided by Lincoln during the Gettysburg address?
(a) The Civil War
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation
(c) A slave's right to vote
(d) Freed slaves
3. In what state did Lincoln grow up?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Rhode Island
(c) Illinois
(d) West Virginia
4. Progonoi and autochthones are parts of the speech that refer to the soldiers' ____________.
(a) Courage and Fortitude
(b) Ancestors
(c) Weapons
(d) Belongings
5. Who was William Herndon?
(a) Lincoln's law partner
(b) Wills' grandfather
(c) Lincoln's brother-in-law
(d) Davis' illegitimate son
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the book, which of the following was allowed to become a slave territory?
2. With whom did Lincoln often attend plays?
3. What was Theodore Parker's profession?
4. Lincoln believed that if all men are created equal, they cannot be _____________.
5. Lincoln believed that owning a slave put the master in the position of _________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Lincoln believed that the tone of his address would have to reflect what emotions and beliefs?
2. Wills states that although Lincoln moved toward a plainer style, it did not mean that his words would become stilted. Explain and also give an example.
3. 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."
4. Garry Wills makes a specific comment about the changes in speech after Edward Everett made his speech at Gettysburg. What was the comment?
5. What was the running joke between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?
6. What does the author say about the myth that Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg Address on the train from Washington to Gettysburg?
7. How did Lincoln's views on antislavery correspond to those of Theodore Parker?
8. What habit of Lincoln's was worrisome to his family? Why were they worried?
9. Why was Everett a desirable speaker at war memorials and cemeteries?
10. Why was it important for Lincoln to avoid the issue of interracial marriage?
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