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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The issue of interracial marriage was considered to be what kind of issue?
2. What is the proper name for a student of words?
3. According to Wills, Lincoln's address is comparable to a classic oration of how many parts?
4. Democrats were eager to keep the peace about what situation?
5. Which topic was not avoided by Lincoln during the Gettysburg address?
Short Essay Questions
1. What political positions did Henry Clay hold?
2. How did Joseph Story fit into the anti-slavery movement?
3. How did Lincoln's views on antislavery correspond to those of Theodore Parker?
4. Garry Wills makes a specific comment about the changes in speech after Edward Everett made his speech at Gettysburg. What was the comment?
5. Wills states that although Lincoln moved toward a plainer style, it did not mean that his words would become stilted. Explain and also give an example.
6. What were the two flowery and overstated things Lincoln wrote in a letter to James Conkling?
7. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg such an important event?
8. Both the North and South confessed to making mistakes in their battle plans. What were the mistakes?
9. What was the basis of forming American ideals in the Constitution?
10. Lincoln's problem was thought to give the President what advantage? What did Lincoln's contemporaries think of his ailment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the original conflict is deciding where Lincoln stood to make his famous speech? Is it a valid argument? What other theories have been presented by journalists and experts? Which do you feel is correct? Which claimant showed the most substantial proof? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Although Lincoln and Everett were both well known orators and statesmen, the reader gets the impression that Everett was more revered. Why? What experience did Everett have that Lincoln did not? What experience did Lincoln have that would have trumped Everett? After reading the speeches, which do you feel was a more talented orator?
Essay Topic 3
Mary Todd Lincoln was known to consult the psychic on a regular basis. What was the purpose of the consultation? Do you believe that the consultation was valid or frivolous? Were the consultations successful? How did society feel about psychics at the time?
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