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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 is the most important characteristic of the ideal lawyer according to "Resolve to Be Honest"?
(a) Diligence.
(b) Rhetoric skills.
(c) Timeliness.
(d) Courage.

2. When was Lincoln elected in the state legislature according to "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will"?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1835.

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

4. Who did Lincoln belittle in "Bow to It I Never Will"?
(a) A Republican party plan.
(b) A Know Nothing party plan.
(c) A Democratic party plan.
(d) A Whig party plan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln break his engagement to Mary Todd according to "The Most Miserable Man Living"?

2. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?

3. Who was "More Painful Than Pleasant" intended for?

4. Who made the charge Lincoln answered to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?

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

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