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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 important event took place after Lincoln returned to Illinois?
(a) His father died.
(b) His first wife died.
(c) His mother died.
(d) He got married.

2. Why was the Whig party divided against itself?
(a) Because of slavery.
(b) Because of the gold standard.
(c) Because of international policies.
(d) Because of state's rights.

3. How did Lincoln come to settle in New Salem, Illinois?
(a) He married there.
(b) He was nominated for mayor there.
(c) He lived there while he went to school.
(d) By accident.

4. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?
(a) How leaders should make decisions.
(b) How men should enter marriage.
(c) How the benefits of taking land from Indians should be weighed.
(d) How money should be allocated to different causes.

5. What did Lincoln know about his grandmother?
(a) She was a runaway slave.
(b) She was probably illegitimate.
(c) She came from a noble family.
(d) She was rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first election Lincoln won?

2. Describe Lincoln's military career.

3. When was Lincoln married?

4. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his ancestry.

5. In what war had the 1848 Whig party candidate served?

(see the answer key)

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