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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lincoln's reaction to becoming engaged?
(a) Resplendent pride.
(b) Deep depression.
(c) Jubilation.
(d) Exhilaration.

2. Whom did Lincoln begin to fight with as he reached adolescence?
(a) His brothers.
(b) His mother.
(c) His step-mother.
(d) His father.

3. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his ancestry.
(a) He was not interested in it.
(b) He was closely attentive to his parentage.
(c) His mother kept in touch with her relatives, but his father did not with his.
(d) His siblings were intent on knowing their relatives, but he was not.

4. Where was Lincoln's law firm based?
(a) Hampton County.
(b) Menard County.
(c) Sangamon County.
(d) Logan County.

5. What effect did slavery have on politics in the 1850s?
(a) It divided people within political parties into fractious groups.
(b) It confused the issues of popular sovereignty and federal authority.
(c) It muddied the issue of Indian removal.
(d) It brought people of different political parties together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln believe he inherited from his grandmother?

2. How were U.S. Senators elected in the 1850s?

3. From where did Lincoln know Mary Owens?

4. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?

5. What position did Lincoln hold after winning the 1852 election?

(see the answer key)

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