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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. A New Birth of Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was "Right Makes Might" written?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1859.

3. What did Lincoln think of black and white interaction according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?
(a) Blacks should be shipped back to Africa.
(b) Blacks should be integrated into society.
(c) Blacks should be left alone and segregated.
(d) Blacks should be paid for their labor.

4. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?
(a) By Canada.
(b) By slaves.
(c) By Mexico.
(d) By forces within.

5. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.
(b) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.
(c) McClellan's defeat.
(d) The desire to defeat General Lee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?

3. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?

4. Who made the charge Lincoln answered to in "I am Not a Member of Any Church" ?

5. What military objective did Lincoln remind the recipient of "I Am Not Watching You with an Evil-Eye" was vital to the war effort?

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