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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. Who was "An Affectionate Farewell" intended for?
(a) His close friend
(b) His family.
(c) Mary Todd.
(d) His Illinois constituents.

2. When was the Dred Scott case judged by the Supreme Court according to "All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1857.

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

4. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) To attack plantations.
(b) To assuage fears.
(c) To put down the Southern rebellion.
(d) To show strength.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln say was one of government's most important roles in "The Legitimate Object of Government"?

2. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?

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

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

5. When was "Founded on Both Injustice and Bad Policy" written?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln order?

2. What concerns did Lincoln have regarding the Maryland state legislature?

3. Why did Lincoln criticize James K. Polk?

4. What is the legitimate object of government according to Lincoln in "Half Slave and Half Free"?

5. What did the South do after Lincoln's election in "The Perpetuity of Popular Government"?

6. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

7. How did Lincoln hone his argument by the sixth debate in Illinois in 1858?

8. What policies does Lincoln advocate in his letter to the editor of the Sangamo Journal in 1836?

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

10. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

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