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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What compelled Lincoln to take the steps leading to war and the Emancipation Proclamation according to "If Slavery is Not Wrong, Nothing is Wrong"?
(a) The view most popular according to a recent survey.
(b) His personal view.
(c) The view that he thought would have him reelected.
(d) The Constitution.

2. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) The desire to defeat General Lee.
(b) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.
(c) McClellan's defeat.
(d) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.

3. When was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" written?
(a) February 1963.
(b) January 1963.
(c) December 1862.
(d) November 1962.

4. Who was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" intended for?
(a) A friend.
(b) Congress.
(c) A newspaper journalist.
(d) A family member.

5. What did Lincoln refuse to do in "Will Be Received and Considered"?
(a) Create another army.
(b) Negotiate with the South.
(c) Abolish conscription.
(d) Increase war spending.

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

7. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?
(a) With anger.
(b) Without concern.
(c) With a lot of enthusiasm.
(d) With no enthusiasm.

8. What did Lincoln ask Sherman to do in "Go Far Towards Losing the Whole Union Cause"?
(a) Pursue Lee's army.
(b) Go back to Washington to meet him.
(c) Stop and rest his army.
(d) Let his soldiers go home and vote.

9. Why wasn't "The Administration Will Not Be Re-Elected" sent by Lincoln?
(a) An intern stole it.
(b) He lost it.
(c) He won the general election.
(d) It was meant as a reminder.

10. Who was "A Fair Specimen of What Has Occurred to Me Through Life" intended for?
(a) A housewife.
(b) An actor.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A political ally.

11. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?
(a) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Wilderness.
(b) The Union was defeated again at Bull Run.
(c) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Shiloh.
(d) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Antietam.

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

13. What military objective did Lincoln remind the recipient of "I Am Not Watching You with an Evil-Eye" was vital to the war effort?
(a) East Mississippi.
(b) East Tennessee.
(c) East Florida.
(d) East Maine.

14. When was "The World Has Never Had a Good Definition of Liberty" written?
(a) January1864.
(b) March 1864.
(c) April 1864.
(d) May 1864.

15. What was in the works by August of 1862 according to the editor?
(a) The new Declaration of Independence.
(b) Lincoln's change in policy.
(c) Lincoln's autobiography.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Questions I Reserve to Myself" foreshadow?

2. Who was in command of the Union armies in April of 1864?

3. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?

4. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?

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

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