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

2. Why did Lincoln write "I am Young and Unknown"?
(a) To introduce himself during his first run for office.
(b) To see if people liked his political agenda.
(c) To discuss the politics of an opponent.
(d) To test his rhetoric.

3. 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.

4. When was "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy" written?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1837.

5. When was Lincoln born?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1809.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the most important characteristic of the ideal lawyer according to "Resolve to Be Honest"?

3. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?

4. At what age did Lincoln stop working on the family farm?

5. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?

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