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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. In what year was the signed lithograph sold?
(a) 1864
(b) 1868
(c) 1872
(d) 1863
2. Which of the following does not describe the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Specific
(b) Concise
(c) Universal
(d) Timeless
3. What was David Wills' role in the Gettysburg event?
(a) PR man
(b) Chairman
(c) Grave tender
(d) Photographer
4. Who currently runs the Gettysburg cemetery?
(a) Department of the Interior
(b) The Wills Family Trust
(c) Civil War Reenactment Society
(d) National Park Service
5. According to Pericles, the soldiers died __________.
(a) Violently
(b) Valiantly
(c) Slowly
(d) Graciously
Short Answer Questions
1. Pericles also spoke of the value of which of the following?
2. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?
3. Who is Frederick Tilberg?
4. The South lost approximately how many soldiers?
5. In what year was the original site contested?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which version of the speech is the most popular? Why?
2. What advice did Pericles give to the living?
3. What was Lincoln's opinion on violence versus non-violence?
4. What does Tilberg use as his main point regarding the location?
5. What is the purpose of Wills marking out the parts of Pericles' speech?
6. Why was it important to state that the living should be devoted to the dead?
7. Wills makes it a point to compare what theme in both speeches by Lincoln and Pericles?
8. What was supposed to happen to Lincoln's speech before it was to be put up for public auction?
9. Lincoln believed that it would not be of much consequence what was said in Gettysburg. What would be most remembered?
10. How many parts are contained in Everett's speech and what is the significance of the number?
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