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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 does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Grow a beard.
(c) Meet her mother.
(d) Eat more food.

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

3. Who did Lincoln campaign for according to "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future"?
(a) The Whigs.
(b) The Know Nothings.
(c) The Republican party.
(d) The Democratic party.

4. What did Lincoln refuse to do according to "It is the End of Us"?
(a) Compromise on extortion.
(b) Compromise on religious freedom.
(c) Compromise on slavery.
(d) Compromise on finances.

5. What did the Whigs support according to "Bow to It I Never Will"?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Small banks.
(c) A strong national bank.
(d) Trade with England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who criticized Lincoln's handling of Fremont according to "I Cannot Assume the Reckless Position"?

2. What kind of education did Lincoln mostly rely on according to the "Preface"?

3. What line of the Declaration did Lincoln cite in"All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?

4. What did Lincoln stress in "The Union is Perpetual"?

5. When was "A House Divided" written?

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