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

2. How did the first major engagement with Southern troops change the public view of the war?
(a) The Union loss made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(b) The Union loss made people think that the South might succeed.
(c) The stalemate made people think that the war might go on for a long time.
(d) The Southern loss made people think that the war would be over quickly.

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

4. Who was Stephen Douglas?
(a) A Democrat from Washington, DC.
(b) A Whig from Lincoln's county.
(c) A Democrat from Illinois.
(d) A Whig from New York.

5. What shift did Lincoln's letter to Greeley indicate in Lincoln's thinking?
(a) It showed that he could act to protect mercantile interests after all.
(b) It showed that he was willing to punish the South after all. It showed that he could be influenced by mercantile interests after all.
(c) It showed that he was willing to punish the South after all.
(d) It made slavery the purpose of the war after all.