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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. To whom was Everett often compared?
2. To whom did Webster present his arguments?
3. What state did Henry Clay represent?
4. What was the last name of the famous orator scheduled to speak at Gettysburg?
5. Which of these is not associated with the Culture of Death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg such an important event?
2. What does the author say about the myth that Lincoln wrote his Gettysburg Address on the train from Washington to Gettysburg?
3. Lincoln's problem was thought to give the President what advantage? What did Lincoln's contemporaries think of his ailment?
4. What famous writers often used themes of the ancient Greeks in their works?
5. What was the basis of forming American ideals in the Constitution?
6. What were the two flowery and overstated things Lincoln wrote in a letter to James Conkling?
7. What were Wills' duties in addition to burying the bodies of the fallen soldiers?
8. What political positions did Henry Clay hold?
9. How did Joseph Story fit into the anti-slavery movement?
10. What did Lincoln claim was the founding document of the United States? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define, compare and contrast Epainesis and Parainesis; Paramythetikon and Protreptikon. Explain why each is crucial to the formulation of an oratory.
Essay Topic 2
Lincoln often avoided the topics of abolition, slave ownership and interracial marriage. Why? Was the restriction a personal choice or made for the benefit of Lincoln's political career? How might the Democrats have responded if Lincoln had addressed these issues at Gettysburg? Since these topics were avoided, what main topic did Lincoln speak about at Gettysburg?
Essay Topic 3
How did Lincoln react to the misuse of words? What was his method of expressing himself on a personal level? How did Lincoln's friends and colleagues feel about his obsession with language? What contributions did this obsession make to political speech and to society as a whole?
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