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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. Describe the relationship between Lincoln's wife and his business partner.
(a) Intimate.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Polite.
(d) Amicable.

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

3. What technological development allowed Lincoln to be home on the weekends?
(a) The automobile.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The steam engine
(d) The telegraph.

4. What did Lincoln accuse Polk of, when he was serving as a Representative?
(a) Starting a war illegally.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Cronyism.
(d) Corruption.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Lincoln hold after winning the 1852 election?

2. Who was Stephen Logan?

3. What was Lincoln's feeling about slavery?

4. When was Lincoln elected to Congress?

5. What did Lincoln know about his grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were senators chosen in the 1850s?

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

3. Describe Lincoln's entrance into politics.

4. What was Lincoln's relationship with the image his supporters presented of him?

5. How did Lincoln finally get married?

6. What was Lincoln's early relationship with his father like?

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

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. What positions did Lincoln take in his career as a Whig legislator?

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