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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. What kind of education did Lincoln mostly rely on according to the "Preface"?
(a) High school.
(b) Self education.
(c) Some college.
(d) Post graduate studies.

2. Who did Lincoln belittle in "Bow to It I Never Will"?
(a) A Democratic party plan.
(b) A Whig party plan.
(c) A Know Nothing party plan.
(d) A Republican party plan.

3. What is the most important characteristic of the ideal lawyer according to "Resolve to Be Honest"?
(a) Timeliness.
(b) Rhetoric skills.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Courage.

4. Who did Lincoln express his frustration with for not voting for the Party candidate in the presidential election?
(a) Pro slavery.
(b) Know Nothing.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Abolitionists.

5. What does Grace Bedell suggest Lincoln should do in the letter Lincoln answer to with "A Piece of Silly Affection" ?
(a) Eat more food.
(b) Meet her mother.
(c) Grow a beard.
(d) Marry her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Lincoln vote for Polk's military spending bills?

3. When was "I am Young and Unknown" written?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lincoln state about a house?

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

3. What does Lincoln state about his belief in racial equality?

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

5. What was Lincoln slow to recognize?

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

7. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

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

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

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

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