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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. When was the correct site determined?
(a) 1984
(b) 1954
(c) 1907
(d) 1962

2. How many paragraphs are contained in Everett's speech?
(a) 58
(b) 49
(c) 77
(d) 102

3. Who currently runs the Gettysburg cemetery?
(a) Civil War Reenactment Society
(b) The Wills Family Trust
(c) Department of the Interior
(d) National Park Service

4. What two words mark the difference between the Wills text and the Springfield text?
(a) Under God
(b) I surrender
(c) Downtrodden soldiers
(d) Poor people

5. Lincoln offered pardons for which sector of the public?
(a) Traitors
(b) Convicted soldiers
(c) Freed Slaves
(d) Slave owners

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln's approach was considered to be _______________.

2. According to Lincoln, the nation was conceived in ___________.

3. The speech calls upon the living to be _________ the works of the dead.

4. In the speech given by Pericles, he speaks of the virtues of his ____________.

5. In what year was Pericles born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did it take so long for the Hay text to be discovered?

2. What advice did Pericles give to the living?

3. Did Lincoln have any previous experience in war? If so, what?

4. Wills makes it a point to compare what theme in both speeches by Lincoln and Pericles?

5. Lincoln believed that it would not be of much consequence what was said in Gettysburg. What would be most remembered?

6. What was supposed to happen to Lincoln's speech before it was to be put up for public auction?

7. What was Lincoln's opinion on violence versus non-violence?

8. Why was it important to state that the living should be devoted to the dead?

9. According to Everett, what happened to the wounded left on the field?

10. How was Lincoln known for handling disputes in court?

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