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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lincoln write "I am Young and Unknown"?
(a) To test his rhetoric.
(b) To see if people liked his political agenda.
(c) To introduce himself during his first run for office.
(d) To discuss the politics of an opponent.

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

3. What is the topic of "More Painful Than Pleasant"?
(a) The imminent death of Lincoln's father.
(b) The imminent death of Lincoln's sister.
(c) The imminent death of Lincoln's mother.
(d) The imminent death of Lincoln's brother in law.

4. What was the worry according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?
(a) That Kentucky would secede.
(b) That Maryland would secede.
(c) That Illinois would secede.
(d) That North Carolina would secede.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lincoln seeking in "I am Not the First Choice of Many"?

2. What financial advice did Lincoln give to lawyers in "Resolve to Be Honest"?

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

4. What order did John Fremont give according to "To Conform to the Act of Congress"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln want John Fremont to modify?

2. What did a political opponent charge Lincoln with in 1846?

3. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

4. What was Lincoln slow to recognize?

5. What does Lincoln express frustration with in regards to Henry Clay?

6. What does the autobiographical sketch of Lincoln provide based on the "Prologue"?

7. What did Lincoln confess to Senator Lyman Trumbull?

8. What characteristics does Lincoln consider in the ideal lawyer?

9. What does Lincoln state about a house?

10. What did Lincoln write in 1832 according to '"Peculiar Ambition"?

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