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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. The South lost approximately how many soldiers?
(a) 37,000
(b) 56,000
(c) 31,000
(d) 42,000

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

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

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

5. The speech claims that we have been met where?
(a) In front of heroes
(b) Battlefield
(c) Gravesite
(d) Land of honor

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Gorgianism?

2. What would Lincoln commonly do to his speeches as a reminder?

3. Who is Frederick Tilberg?

4. Which was not a factor in determining the real site?

5. How many generals were killed at Gettysburg?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was it not possible to consecrate the ground?

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

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

6. In what part does Everett talk about the battle itself? How are the parts separated?

7. What change did the translation of Gorgias' undergo?

8. Why was Tilberg convinced his assessment of Lincoln's position was correct? Were there other options?

9. What does Tilberg use as his main point regarding the location?

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

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