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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. Which copy of the speech is most likely the authentic one?
(a) Nicolay's
(b) Springfield's
(c) Wills'
(d) Newspaper's
2. What was David Wills' role in the Gettysburg event?
(a) Chairman
(b) PR man
(c) Photographer
(d) Grave tender
3. What surrounds the flagpole at Gettysburg?
(a) Shrubs
(b) Flowers
(c) Graves
(d) Fence
4. Which of these does not fit into Lincoln's list of things that cannot be done to the battlefield?
(a) Consecrate
(b) Hallow
(c) Dedicate
(d) Worship
5. When was the correct site determined?
(a) 1954
(b) 1907
(c) 1984
(d) 1962
Short Answer Questions
1. Who preferred to focus on a policy of unconditional surrender?
2. Everett believes that allowing the South to win would subject blacks to a terror such as the one devised by ____________.
3. In what year was the signed lithograph sold?
4. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?
5. Which part describes Lee's defeat?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Tilberg convinced his assessment of Lincoln's position was correct? Were there other options?
2. Who is credited with making the most logical choice for the location of Lincoln's address? What is the main element of proof?
3. Did Lincoln have any previous experience in war? If so, what?
4. What was Lincoln's opinion on violence versus non-violence?
5. What does Everett believe caused the defeat of the South?
6. What was supposed to happen to Lincoln's speech before it was to be put up for public auction?
7. Why did it take so long for the Hay text to be discovered?
8. Lincoln believed that it would not be of much consequence what was said in Gettysburg. What would be most remembered?
9. Why was it not possible to consecrate the ground?
10. Wills makes it a point to compare what theme in both speeches by Lincoln and Pericles?
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