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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. Lincoln believed that following the war there would be a period of ______________________.
(a) Bitterness
(b) Self-pity
(c) Redemption
(d) Remorse

2. Which of the following does not describe the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Specific
(b) Timeless
(c) Concise
(d) Universal

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

4. What currently stands in the spot where Lincoln supposedly stood?
(a) Statue of Union soldier
(b) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
(c) Restrooms
(d) Flagpole

5. Which was not a factor in determining the real site?
(a) Eyewitness accounts
(b) Elevation of the speaker
(c) Space for spectators
(d) Photographs

Short Answer Questions

1. How many paragraphs are in the speech?

2. When was the Hay text discovered?

3. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?

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

5. In what year did Lincoln serve in the military?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Everett believe caused the defeat of the South?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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