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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 would Lincoln commonly do to his speeches as a reminder?
(a) Underline words
(b) Use cue cards
(c) Require an assistant to memorize it
(d) Carry an extra copy

2. Everett believes that allowing the South to win would subject blacks to a terror such as the one devised by ____________.
(a) Rasputin
(b) Apollo
(c) Robespierre
(d) Atilla the Hun

3. What does antithetical refer to?
(a) Valor
(b) Non-religious
(c) Illiteracy
(d) Opposition

4. During what war did Pericles make his speech?
(a) Revolutionary War
(b) War of Troy
(c) War of the Roses
(d) Peloponnesian War

5. What is the name of the final part?
(a) Reconciliation
(b) Calamity
(c) Vengeance
(d) Solemnity

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was supposedly going to write remarks on a copy of the speech before it went to auction?

2. According to Lincoln, "____ breeds and thrives."

3. The speech claims that we have been met where?

4. Which text was surely not the correct one?

5. How many paragraphs are contained in Everett's speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is currently in charge of the Gettysburg battlefield and cemetery? Why is this the logical choice?

5. Who is credited with making the most logical choice for the location of Lincoln's address? What is the main element of proof?

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

7. What is the purpose of Wills marking out the parts of Pericles' speech?

8. What was the proposition made by the Founding Fathers?

9. The newspaper texts use what phrase that is not included in the other versions?

10. Which version of the speech is the most popular? Why?

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