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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VI. Events Have Controlled Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1856.

2. What did Lincoln want border states to accept according to "The Incidents of the War Cannot Be Avoided"?
(a) Radical beliefs.
(b) Suffrage.
(c) Emancipation.
(d) Union rule.

3. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.
(b) The desire to defeat General Lee.
(c) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.
(d) McClellan's defeat.

4. What compelled Lincoln to take the steps leading to war and the Emancipation Proclamation according to "If Slavery is Not Wrong, Nothing is Wrong"?
(a) The view that he thought would have him reelected.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The view most popular according to a recent survey.
(d) His personal view.

5. How does Lincoln portray Republicans concerning slavery?
(a) As progressive.
(b) As the right choice for business.
(c) As the most intelligent.
(d) As conservative.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?

2. What was the war about according to "Equal Privileges in the Race of Life"?

3. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?

4. Who was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" intended for?

5. What did Lincoln belittle in "A Question of Interest"?

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