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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lincoln get involved with the Republican Party?
(a) He was nominated to be their candidate for state legislature.
(b) He was nominated to be their candidate for U.S. Senate.
(c) He was nominated to be their candidate for U.S. President.
(d) He was nominated to be their candidate for U.S. legislature.

2. From where did Lincoln know Mary Owens?
(a) A family he knew in Virginia.
(b) A family he met in Illinois.
(c) A family he had worked for in Indiana.
(d) A family he knew in New Salem.

3. Describe Lincoln's two children.
(a) Disciplined.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Well-taught.
(d) Unruly.

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

5. What was the issue at the heart of the issue that brought Lincoln back to politics?
(a) Popular sovereignty.
(b) The Monroe Doctrine.
(c) Manifest Destiny.
(d) The Gold Standard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Lincoln give to William Seward?

2. What was the status of the family of Lincoln's father?

3. What was Lincoln's stance on blacks' equality?

4. Who was Mary Owens?

5. Whom did Lincoln begin to fight with as he reached adolescence?

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