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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. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1835.

2. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1856.

3. What did Lincoln see as advantageous when writing "I Accept the Nomination"?
(a) Being clear about his political allies.
(b) Being specific about policy.
(c) Being clear about his enemies in the south.
(d) Being vague about policy.

4. What did Lincoln belittle in "A Question of Interest"?
(a) Emancipation proposition.
(b) A political opponent.
(c) Pro-slavery positions.
(d) A Southern slave owner.

5. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) To show strength.
(b) To attack plantations.
(c) To assuage fears.
(d) To put down the Southern rebellion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy"?

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

3. What does Lincoln rail against in "It is the End of Us"?

4. What was to become of Alexander Stephens according to the editor?

5. Why did Lincoln vote for Polk's military spending bills?

(see the answer key)

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