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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 was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) Being an abolitionist.
(b) Being Republican.
(c) Being a Democrat.
(d) Being pro-slavery.

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

3. What does Lincoln not believe in according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Racial equality.
(c) Negotiations.
(d) War.

4. What theory is Lincoln supporting in "Opens the Way for All"?
(a) The value theory.
(b) The theory of appropriation.
(c) The free labor theory.
(d) The mudsill theory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lincoln elected in the state legislature according to "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will"?

2. How does Lincoln portray himself in "For, and Not Against the Union"?

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

4. When did Polk start a war with Mexico according to "No One Man Should Hold the Power"?

5. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?

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