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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Lincoln break his engagement to Mary Todd according to "The Most Miserable Man Living"?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1834.

2. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?
(a) Lincoln being an abolitionist.
(b) Lincoln being pro-slavery.
(c) Lincoln being a pacifist.
(d) Lincoln being a politician.

3. What was Lincoln not comfortable with according to the editor?
(a) Talking in public.
(b) Talking to constituents.
(c) Expressing personal feelings.
(d) Writing letters.

4. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1853.

5. Why did Lincoln vote for Polk's military spending bills?
(a) He was pro-war.
(b) He did not want to endanger the troops.
(c) His district was pro-war.
(d) He felt it would give me political gain.

6. When was "A Moral, a Social, and a Political Wrong" written?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1857.

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

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

9. 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 Illinois state legislature.
(c) A vote on secession by the Maryland state legislature.
(d) A vote on secession by the Kentucky state legislature.

10. What state did Lincoln say would make a fine state on his own in "An Evil Tree Can Not Bring Forth Good Fruit"?
(a) California.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Texas.
(d) Louisiana.

11. When was Lincoln elected in the state legislature according to "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will"?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1837.

12. What did Lincoln profess was needed to maintain America's political institutions?
(a) Restraint and self control.
(b) Will power.
(c) Education.
(d) Desire for expansion.

13. What were Kansas and Nebraska established as?
(a) Free states.
(b) Slave states.
(c) Border states.
(d) Confederate states.

14. Why was war never declared between the Union and the Confederacy?
(a) The Confederacy would not last long at the hands of Lincoln.
(b) The Confederacy was not consider an independent country by the Union.
(c) The Confederacy was not considered important.
(d) The Confederacy was thought to be weak.

15. What battle was "Constantly Drilled, Disciplined, and Instructed" a response for?
(a) Battle of Bull Run.
(b) Battle of Wilson's Creek.
(c) Battle of Rich Mountain.
(d) Battle of Dry Wood Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?

2. What did Lincoln urge Congress NOT to do in "The Tug Has to Come"?

3. What did Lincoln consider the Civil War to be a test of according to "A People's Contest"?

4. Who did Lincoln express his frustration with for not voting for the Party candidate in the presidential election?

5. What was Lincoln slow to recognize the true gravity of in "There is No Cause for Such Fears"?

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