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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 "The New Reckoning" written?
(a) December 1865.
(b) December 1863.
(c) December 1864.
(d) December 1862.

2. What was Lincoln seeking in "I am Not the First Choice of Many"?
(a) A ballot in the primary elections.
(b) A financial backer.
(c) A seat at a convention.
(d) The Republican nomination for presidential election.

3. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(b) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(c) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.
(d) A politician who lost a son in the war.

4. What did Lincoln feel about the new commander of the Union Armies?
(a) He could not trust his judgement.
(b) He gives him the benefit of the doubt.
(c) He was nominated to please Congress.
(d) He had complete confidence in him.

5. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?
(a) The Union was defeated again at Bull Run.
(b) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Antietam.
(c) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Wilderness.
(d) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Shiloh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the general Lincoln sent "But You Must Act" to defeated?

2. What theory does Lincoln try to disprove in "Opens the Way for All"?

3. When was "A Moral, a Social, and a Political Wrong" written?

4. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?

5. What does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?

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