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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was William Herndon?
(a) The lawyer with whom Lincoln left his law firm.
(b) Lincoln's father-in-law.
(c) An old suitor of Lincoln's wife.
(d) The shopkeeper in whose care Lincoln left his household belongings.

2. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?
(a) Railroad.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Cattlemen.
(d) Exporters.

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

4. When did Lincoln begin to cultivate his intellect?
(a) After being elected to the legislature.
(b) After marrying.
(c) After losing an election.
(d) After law school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his ancestry.

2. Who was Mary Todd?

3. When did Lincoln's family move to Illinois?

4. What did Lincoln know about his grandmother?

5. Where did Lincoln's law clients come from?

(see the answer key)

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