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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VI. Events Have Controlled Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) That he should put his name on the ballot.
(b) That he should support his nomination.
(c) That he should give up his seat at the convention.
(d) That he should help him financially.

2. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?
(a) The use of defecting Confederate soldiers.
(b) The use of Native American soldiers.
(c) The use of black soldiers.
(d) The use of Irish soldiers.

3. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?
(a) The public thinking it was in the hands of the states.
(b) The public thinking it was a financial issue.
(c) The public thinking that slavery it was not a moral issue.
(d) The public thinking it was in the hands of Lincoln.

4. What financial advice did Lincoln give to lawyers in "Resolve to Be Honest"?
(a) Charge what the client could afford.
(b) Not to charge exorbitant fees.
(c) Spent one day a month doing pro bono work.
(d) Make as much money as possible.

5. What does Lincoln say of secession in"The Union is Perpetual"?
(a) That it would hurt the economy.
(b) That it would be the cause of financial collapse.
(c) That it could be necessary, but not in this case.
(d) That no state had the right to secede.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lincoln campaign for according to "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future"?

2. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?

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

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

5. What did Lincoln belittle in "A Question of Interest"?

(see the answer key)

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