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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When was "A House Divided" written?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1854.

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

7. What did Lincoln see as advantageous when writing "I Accept the Nomination"?
(a) Being vague about policy.
(b) Being clear about his political allies.
(c) Being specific about policy.
(d) Being clear about his enemies in the south.

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

9. What did the Whigs support according to "Bow to It I Never Will"?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) A strong national bank.
(c) Small banks.
(d) Trade with England.

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

11. Who was "More Painful Than Pleasant" intended for?
(a) Lincoln's mother.
(b) Lincoln's step-brother.
(c) Lincoln's father.
(d) Lincoln's sister.

12. When was "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy" written?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1837.

13. What did Lincoln urge Congress NOT to do in "The Tug Has to Come"?
(a) Give the south an extension on their taxes.
(b) Give the south financial support.
(c) Give the south the chance to gather forces.
(d) Give the south any extension of slavery.

14. What did Lincoln consider the Civil War to be a test of according to "A People's Contest"?
(a) Lincoln himself.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Human resolve.
(d) Republican ideals.

15. When was Lincoln first elected to Congress?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1842.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many troops did Lincoln order to Fort Sumter in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?

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

3. What theory does Lincoln try to disprove in "Opens the Way for All"?

4. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?

5. What state did Lincoln say would make a fine state on his own in "An Evil Tree Can Not Bring Forth Good Fruit"?

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