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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. According to the book, which of the following was allowed to become a slave territory?
(a) Bahamas
(b) Tahiti
(c) Haiti
(d) Jamaica

2. Lincoln originally assured Southerners that he would not argue against which act?
(a) The Kansas-Nebraska Act
(b) The Fugitive Slave Act
(c) Crittenden Amendment
(d) The Dred Scott Case

3. Lincoln said that one should hold firm as a ____ of steel.
(a) Will
(b) Fence
(c) Shield
(d) Chain

4. For the dead, one should offer ___________.
(a) Praise
(b) Grief
(c) Joy
(d) Courage

5. What made it easier for Lincoln to speak about different topics in different areas?
(a) No national media
(b) Lincoln always addressed specific interest groups
(c) Lincoln did not go out on the campaign trail
(d) There is only one issue to discuss

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln said that the soldiers "gave their lives that the _____ may live."

2. The epainesis section of an ancient funeral oratory has how many parts?

3. With whom did Lincoln often attend plays?

4. What metaphor may be used to describe this experience?

5. Where did Everett teach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What habit of Lincoln's was worrisome to his family? Why were they worried?

3. What was the running joke between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?

4. What political positions did Henry Clay hold?

5. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg such an important event?

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

7. What were the two flowery and overstated things Lincoln wrote in a letter to James Conkling?

8. Both the North and South confessed to making mistakes in their battle plans. What were the mistakes?

9. How did Lincoln's views on antislavery correspond to those of Theodore Parker?

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

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