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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. What does antithetical refer to?
(a) Non-religious
(b) Opposition
(c) Illiteracy
(d) Valor
2. In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech, he stated that the U.S. may have to pay for ________________.
(a) Presumptuous sins
(b) Politicians' rage
(c) Slavery's outcome
(d) Family feuds
3. Which was not a word used by Lincoln to describe the American Revolution?
(a) Fire
(b) Pride
(c) Blood
(d) Famine
4. In the speech given by Pericles, he speaks of the virtues of his ____________.
(a) Soldiers
(b) City
(c) Beliefs
(d) God
5. Pericles also spoke of the value of which of the following?
(a) Democracy
(b) Solitude
(c) Victory
(d) Hindsight
Short Answer Questions
1. In what city was a signed lithograph of the Gettysburg Address sold?
2. It is important for all to know that the men who died did not do so in __________.
3. What currently stands in the spot where Lincoln supposedly stood?
4. How many paragraphs are in the speech?
5. In what year was the signed lithograph sold?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tilberg use as his main point regarding the location?
2. The newspaper texts use what phrase that is not included in the other versions?
3. Why was it important to state that the living should be devoted to the dead?
4. Who is credited with making the most logical choice for the location of Lincoln's address? What is the main element of proof?
5. What is the purpose of Wills marking out the parts of Pericles' speech?
6. In what part does Everett talk about the battle itself? How are the parts separated?
7. Who is currently in charge of the Gettysburg battlefield and cemetery? Why is this the logical choice?
8. Wills makes it a point to compare what theme in both speeches by Lincoln and Pericles?
9. How many parts are contained in Everett's speech and what is the significance of the number?
10. Which two major speeches of Lincoln's are mentioned and how are they compared?
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