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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Tug Has to Come" written?
(a) After his inauguration.
(b) Before Lincoln saw the election results.
(c) When Lincoln announced he would accept the nomination.
(d) After Lincoln's election as President.

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

3. What skills attracted historians to Lincoln?
(a) His military skills.
(b) His rhetoric skills.
(c) His penmanship.
(d) His negotiating skills.

4. 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 considered important.
(c) The Confederacy was thought to be weak.
(d) The Confederacy was not consider an independent country by the Union.

5. What was Lincoln little patience with according to "Grumbling Despatches and Letters"?
(a) Squabbling prisoners of the Confederacy.
(b) Squabbling mayors.
(c) Squabbling politicians.
(d) Squabbling generals.

6. When was the Kansas-Nebraska act signed according to "Our Republican Robe is Soiled"?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1856.

7. How does Lincoln portray Republicans concerning slavery?
(a) As the right choice for business.
(b) As conservative.
(c) As progressive.
(d) As the most intelligent.

8. Who was the United States threatened by according to "Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason"?
(a) By Canada.
(b) By forces within.
(c) By slaves.
(d) By Mexico.

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

10. At what age did Lincoln stop working on the family farm?
(a) 23.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

11. What line of the Declaration did Lincoln cite in"All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?
(a) All men are created equal.
(b) Four score and seven years.
(c) This expresses my idea of democracy.
(d) A house divided.

12. 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.

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

14. Who did Lincoln belittle in "Bow to It I Never Will"?
(a) A Republican party plan.
(b) A Know Nothing party plan.
(c) A Whig party plan.
(d) A Democratic party plan.

15. How does Lincoln portray himself in "For, and Not Against the Union"?
(a) As a slave owner.
(b) As an abolitionist.
(c) As a Catholic.
(d) As a moderate.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?

2. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?

3. Who could not become a citizen of the United States according to the Dred Scott ruling?

4. What is the topic of "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy"?

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

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