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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface, Prologue, and I. Peculiar Ambition.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the topic of "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy"?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Military power over the civilians.
(c) Constituional amendments.
(d) Democracy.

5. Who did Lincoln write "I Like the Letters Very Much" for?
(a) Mary Rosenthal.
(b) Sophia Henkins.
(c) Mary Todd.
(d) Roberta Marki.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Lincoln express his frustration with for not voting for the Party candidate in the presidential election?

3. What is the topic of "More Painful Than Pleasant"?

4. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?

5. What state did Lincoln say would make a fine state on his own in "An Evil Tree Can Not Bring Forth Good Fruit"?

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