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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. Everett's speech is an example of an oratory for what occasion?
(a) Wedding
(b) War
(c) Funeral
(d) Burial

2. Which copy of the speech is most likely the authentic one?
(a) Springfield's
(b) Nicolay's
(c) Wills'
(d) Newspaper's

3. How many parts are included in Everett's speech?
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 11
(d) 7

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

5. Lincoln believed that war was objectionable on what terms?
(a) Principle
(b) Intellectual
(c) Religious
(d) Moral

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the original site contested?

2. According to Pericles, the soldiers died __________.

3. What currently stands in the spot where Lincoln supposedly stood?

4. Which of the following is not used by Everett in describing the Southerners?

5. Lincoln states that the government shall not ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What advice did Pericles give to the living?

4. Which two major speeches of Lincoln's are mentioned and how are they compared?

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

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

7. According to Everett, what happened to the wounded left on the field?

8. How many parts are contained in Everett's speech and what is the significance of the number?

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

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

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