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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. What is the topic of "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy"?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Military power over the civilians.
(d) Constituional amendments.

2. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?
(a) To prevent distention in Congress.
(b) To avoid further embarrassment to his family.
(c) To make an example.
(d) To humiliate Stephen Douglas.

3. What military objective did Lincoln remind the recipient of "I Am Not Watching You with an Evil-Eye" was vital to the war effort?
(a) East Tennessee.
(b) East Maine.
(c) East Mississippi.
(d) East Florida.

4. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A politician who lost a son in the war.
(b) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(c) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(d) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.

5. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?
(a) They were sent home.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They were forced to serve in the Confederate army.
(d) They were forced to sign confession letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was considered improper at the time of the writing of "The Taste is in My Mouth"?

2. Where was Lincoln headed for according to "An Affectionate Farewell" ?

3. Who was "For a Vast Future Also" intended for?

4. When was "Right Makes Might" written?

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

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