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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the President when Lincoln served in the Senate?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Polk.

3. When was Lincoln born?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1822.

4. What did Lincoln do in his travels, following a man around the state?
(a) Look for a wife.
(b) Take on clients.
(c) Campaign for office.
(d) Raise money.

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

6. Describe Lincoln's relationship with his ancestry.
(a) He was closely attentive to his parentage.
(b) His siblings were intent on knowing their relatives, but he was not.
(c) His mother kept in touch with her relatives, but his father did not with his.
(d) He was not interested in it.

7. What did Lincoln do after his election to President in 1860?
(a) He gave his inauguration speech.
(b) He moved to Washington, DC.
(c) He warned the Southern states that he was going to outlaw slavery.
(d) He opened an office where he considered appointments.

8. 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 staunch in his views.
(c) It made Lincoln territorial and angry.
(d) It made Lincoln depressed and moody.

9. Describe Lincoln's military career.
(a) Exceptional.
(b) Extensive.
(c) Undistinguished.
(d) Successful.

10. What image did Lincoln's advisers associate him with in his 1860 campaign?
(a) An old warhorse.
(b) A fence rail.
(c) A cherry tree.
(d) A stone wall.

11. For whose nomination for President did Lincoln campaign?
(a) Grant.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Polk.
(d) Harrison.

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

13. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?
(a) He was against it, but disliked abolitionists' methods.
(b) He tried to avoid taking a stance on it, but put economic issues first.
(c) He did not want to end it, but did not want to allow it into new territories either.
(d) He campaigned strongly to end it.

14. What issue returned Lincoln to politics?
(a) The Missouri Compromise.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(c) The Fugitive Slave Law.
(d) The Statehood of Illinois.

15. What does Donald say Lincoln was ruled by in his early career?
(a) Reason.
(b) Sentiment.
(c) Religiousness.
(d) Passions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what causes did Lincoln campaign?

3. Why did Lincoln have to hand over his earnings to his father?

4. Where did Lincoln deliver an address in front of prominent Republican Party members?

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

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