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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. What would relieve Lincoln's depression and allow him to escape for a little while?
(a) Drawing and painting.
(b) Going for long walks.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) The opera and theater.

2. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?
(a) May 1, 1850.
(b) March 1, 1850.
(c) April 1, 1850.
(d) February 1, 1850.

3. How did Douglas treat Lincoln at this debate?
(a) As if he were on trial.
(b) As if they were friends.
(c) As if Lincoln were innocent.
(d) As if Lincoln were unintelligent.

4. Lincoln declared that the ________________ no longer applied, which caused flocks of slaves to run to the Union border, claiming themselves for the Union as "contraband of war."
(a) Confiscation Act.
(b) Articles of Confederation.
(c) Corwin Amendment.
(d) Fugitive Slave Law.

5. Lincoln was a member of what political party?
(a) The Whig party.
(b) The Green party.
(c) The Democratic party.
(d) The Know-Nothing party.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill was Stephen A. Douglas' idea of what?

2. Lincoln and Mary resolved to be friends, and even wrote what together?

3. Kansas rejected the LeCompton Constitution, ensuring what?

4. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?

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

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