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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technological development allowed Lincoln to be home on the weekends?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The automobile.
(c) The telegraph.
(d) The steam engine

2. How does Donald describe the effect of Lincoln's loss of his mother?
(a) It made Lincoln protective of his family.
(b) It made Lincoln territorial and angry.
(c) It made Lincoln depressed and moody.
(d) It made Lincoln staunch in his views.

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

4. Who was Joshua Speed?
(a) Lincoln's father-in-law.
(b) Lincoln's running partner.
(c) A shopkeeper and Lincoln's roommate.
(d) Lincoln's business partner.

5. What did Lincoln believe he inherited from his grandmother?
(a) Diligence.
(b) Independence.
(c) Determination.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the temperament of Lincoln's wife.

2. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?

3. From where did Lincoln know Mary Owens?

4. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?

5. When was Lincoln married?

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