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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 was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?
(a) Being an abolitionist.
(b) Being Republican.
(c) Being pro-slavery.
(d) Being a Democrat.

2. What did Lincoln want to wait for before deciding to take action according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?
(a) A vote on secession by the North Carolina state legislature.
(b) A vote on secession by the Kentucky state legislature.
(c) A vote on secession by the Illinois state legislature.
(d) A vote on secession by the Maryland state legislature.

3. What does Lincoln not believe in according to "The Social and Political Equality of the Races"?
(a) Racial equality.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) War.
(d) Negotiations.

4. How was Hooker's character according to "I Will Risk the Dictatorship"?
(a) Vain and ambitious.
(b) Headstrong and vain.
(c) Headstrong and ambitious.
(d) Ambitious and proud.

5. What did Lincoln tell Hooker not to do in "There is No Eligible Route for Us into Richmond"?
(a) Take Richmond.
(b) Attack Lee's army.
(c) Pursue Lee's army.
(d) Rest his troops.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln ask Sherman to do in "Go Far Towards Losing the Whole Union Cause"?

3. What were the southern states doing at the time of "The Tug Has to Come"?

4. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?

5. What did Lincoln refuse to do in "Will Be Received and Considered"?

(see the answer key)

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