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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 line of the Declaration did Lincoln cite in"All the Powers of Earth Seem Rapidly Combining Against Him"?
(a) All men are created equal.
(b) A house divided.
(c) This expresses my idea of democracy.
(d) Four score and seven years.

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

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

4. What did Lincoln say was one of government's most important roles in "The Legitimate Object of Government"?
(a) Support the economy.
(b) Wedge war.
(c) Raise taxes.
(d) Address crimes and wrongdoing.

5. What did Lincoln want to wait for before deciding to take action according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?
(a) A vote on secession by the Illinois state legislature.
(b) A vote on secession by the Kentucky state legislature.
(c) A vote on secession by the North Carolina state legislature.
(d) A vote on secession by the Maryland state legislature.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lincoln elected in the state legislature according to "I Shall Be Governed By Their Will"?

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

3. How does Lincoln portray himself in "For, and Not Against the Union"?

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

5. What was to become of Alexander Stephens according to the editor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

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

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

4. What kind of existence did Lincoln's family lead?

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

6. What does Lincoln state about a house?

7. What did Lincoln confess to Senator Lyman Trumbull?

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

9. What did Lincoln order?

10. Why did Lincoln criticize James K. Polk?

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