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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: Storm Center.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lincoln took a break from politics to focus on what?
(a) His education.
(b) His family.
(c) His law firm.
(d) His store.

2. Lincoln and Mary secretly became engaged, and set November 4th as their wedding date. When did they tell her family?
(a) A month after the wedding.
(b) Two days before the wedding.
(c) On the morning of the wedding.
(d) The day after the wedding.

3. The rest of the troops gradually arrived, with _______________ leading an outfit from New York, though he would be killed in a battle very early on.
(a) Richard Stoddert Ewell.
(b) Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
(c) Elmer Ellsworth.
(d) Edward Porter Alexander.

4. In October 1839 the Whigs held a convention and endorsed who for President, beginning the so-called Log and Cabin Campaign?
(a) John Adams.
(b) William Henry Harrison.
(c) Benjamin Harrison.
(d) Henry Clay.

5. He entered into a law practice with John Todd Stuart, and won his first court case. What type of case was this?
(a) Extortion.
(b) Armed Robbery.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what topic did Lincoln agree with Henry Clay?

2. Who won the Senate seat?

3. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?

4. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?

5. Originally was slavery going to be allowed in the West?

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