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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III. The Perpetuity of Popular Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?
(a) Desire for expansion.
(b) Education.
(c) Restraint and self control.
(d) Will power.

2. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1859.

3. What did Lincoln want to wait for before deciding to take action according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?
(a) A vote on secession by the Illinois state legislature.
(b) A vote on secession by the Maryland state legislature.
(c) A vote on secession by the North Carolina state legislature.
(d) A vote on secession by the Kentucky state legislature.

4. What order did John Fremont give according to "To Conform to the Act of Congress"?
(a) To free slaves of disloyal residents.
(b) To free slaves of plantation owners.
(c) To free slaves in three cities.
(d) To free slaves of captured soldiers.

5. What was Lincoln seeking in "I am Not the First Choice of Many"?
(a) A seat at a convention.
(b) A ballot in the primary elections.
(c) The Republican nomination for presidential election.
(d) A financial backer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?

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

3. What was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?

4. What charge did Lincoln answer to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?

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

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