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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was "The Tug Has to Come" written?

3. What did Lincoln stress in "The Union is Perpetual"?

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

5. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln stress in his inaugural address?

2. What did Lincoln chastise General David Hunter for?

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

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

5. Who was Grace Bedell and what did she suggest to Lincoln?

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

7. What did Lincoln confess to Senator Lyman Trumbull?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Lincoln's decisions at the start of the Civil War and why war was not officially declared.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Lincoln's conclusions about the three things necessary to bring an end to the war.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss John Wilkes Booth's concerns regarding President Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric and political strategies.

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