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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. What kind of education did Lincoln mostly rely on according to the "Preface"?
(a) Some college.
(b) Self education.
(c) High school.
(d) Post graduate studies.

2. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1837.

3. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?
(a) His negotiating skills.
(b) His rhetoric skills.
(c) His military skills.
(d) His penmanship.

4. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) That he should put his name on the ballot.
(b) That he should support his nomination.
(c) That he should give up his seat at the convention.
(d) That he should help him financially.

5. Why did Lincoln vote for Polk's military spending bills?
(a) He was pro-war.
(b) He felt it would give me political gain.
(c) His district was pro-war.
(d) He did not want to endanger the troops.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy" written?

3. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?

4. What did Lincoln think of black and white interaction according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?

5. Who did Lincoln write "I Like the Letters Very Much" for?

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