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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. Half Slave and Half Free.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1853.

2. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1835.

3. What was Lincoln not comfortable with according to the editor?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Expressing personal feelings.
(c) Talking in public.
(d) Talking to constituents.

4. How does Lincoln portray himself in "For, and Not Against the Union"?
(a) As a moderate.
(b) As an abolitionist.
(c) As a Catholic.
(d) As a slave owner.

5. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?
(a) By slaves.
(b) By Canada.
(c) By forces within.
(d) By Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lincoln elected in the state legislature according to "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will"?

2. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?

3. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?

4. Who did Lincoln offend in "A House Divided" according to "Construed So Differently from Any Thing Intended by Me"?

5. What charge did Lincoln answer to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?

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