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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 was Lincoln not comfortable with according to the editor?
(a) Talking to constituents.
(b) Expressing personal feelings.
(c) Writing letters.
(d) Talking in public.

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

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

4. When did Polk start a war with Mexico according to "No One Man Should Hold the Power"?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1852.

5. Who was "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means" intended for?
(a) Lincoln's Generals at Kentucky.
(b) Lincoln's Generals in North Carolina.
(c) Lincoln's Generals at Illinois.
(d) Lincoln's Generals in Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?

2. When was the Kansas-Nebraska act signed according to "Our Republican Robe is Soiled"?

3. What did Lincoln say was one of government's most important roles in "The Legitimate Object of Government"?

4. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?

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

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