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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 see if people liked his political agenda.
(b) To introduce himself during his first run for office.
(c) To test his rhetoric.
(d) To discuss the politics of an opponent.

2. When was "Right Makes Might" written?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1858.

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

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

5. What did Lincoln stress in "The Union is Perpetual"?
(a) That the Union must stay together.
(b) That the north had remained silent long enough.
(c) That the north would not pay for the crimes of the south.
(d) That the north was free of sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln rail against in "It is the End of Us"?

2. How many troops did Lincoln order to Fort Sumter in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?

3. What theory is Lincoln supporting in "Opens the Way for All"?

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

5. What did the Whigs support according to "Bow to It I Never Will"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Lincoln confess to Senator Lyman Trumbull?

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

5. What was Lincoln slow to recognize?

6. What did Lincoln want John Fremont to modify?

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

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

9. Why did Lincoln criticize James K. Polk?

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

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