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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Describe Lincoln's schooling.
(a) He was schooled at home by his parents.
(b) He was not schooled much because he had to work with the family.
(c) He studied a little but never distinguished himself.
(d) He was the first child sent away to school.

3. What position was Lincoln offered when he left Washington, DC.?
(a) Director of the Federal Land Office.
(b) Governor of Oregon.
(c) Governor of Illinois.
(d) Vice President.

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

5. What was Lincoln beginning to be known for after years of traveling the court circuit?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Diligence.
(c) Caginess.
(d) Ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln know about his grandmother?

2. How did Lincoln campaign for President?

3. What industry did Lincoln begin to represent in court after he returned to Illinois?

4. What did Lincoln mean by the phrase "cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason"?

5. When did Lincoln begin to cultivate his intellect?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lincoln finally get married?

2. Compare and contrast Lincoln's relationship with his wife and his relationship with his partner, William Herndon.

3. How much is known about Lincoln's ancestry?

4. What was the state of the Whig party in Illinois and elsewhere, during Lincoln's tenure?

5. What did Lincoln do after he lost to Douglas?

6. Describe Lincoln's retirement from politics.

7. Describe Abraham Lincoln's period of aimlessness in Illinois.

8. What part did Lincoln's private life play in the years after he returned to Springfield?

9. Describe Lincoln's temperament as a politician.

10. Describe Lincoln's strategy for choosing his advisers.

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