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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 "For a Vast Future Also" intended for?
(a) The Confederacy.
(b) Mayors.
(c) Generals.
(d) Congress.

2. When was "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will" written?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1835.

3. When was the sketch in the "Prologue" written?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1858.

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

5. What were the southern states doing at the time of "The Tug Has to Come"?
(a) Paid their dues.
(b) Putting secession in motion.
(c) Hid their money from Lincoln.
(d) Wrote a letter to Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was war never declared between the Union and the Confederacy?

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

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

4. What did Lincoln refuse to do according to "It is the End of Us"?

5. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln order?

2. What will tear the Union asunder according to Lincoln's address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield?

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

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

5. What has attracted historians to Abraham Lincoln according to the "Preface"?

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

7. What effect did Lincoln's speech in February 1860 have?

8. What act was drawn in 1854 that brought Lincoln out of a five year political retirement?

9. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

10. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

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