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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VII. To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued according to "Shall Be Thenceforth, and Forever Free"?
(a) October 1862.
(b) December1862.
(c) September 1862.
(d) November 1862.

3. Who did Lincoln face in the senatorial election according to "A House Divided"?
(a) Stephen Douglas.
(b) Arthur Hayne.
(c) John Hunter.
(d) Charles Pinckney.

4. What was to become of Alexander Stephens according to the editor?
(a) He would become vice president of the Confederacy.
(b) He would become president of the Confederacy.
(c) He would leave the Confederacy for the Union.
(d) He would become the first General in the Confederacy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was General Hooker appointed as at the time of "I Will Risk the Dictatorship"?

2. At what age did Lincoln stop working on the family farm?

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

4. What amendment abolished slavery according to "A King's Cure for All the Evils"?

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

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