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

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

3. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?
(a) Lincoln being pro-slavery.
(b) Lincoln being a politician.
(c) Lincoln being an abolitionist.
(d) Lincoln being a pacifist.

4. When was "A House Divided" written?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1859.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "I am Young and Unknown" written?

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

3. What did the Whigs support according to "Bow to It I Never Will"?

4. When was "Right Makes Might" written?

5. What did Lincoln belittle in "A Question of Interest"?

(see the answer key)

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