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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Revolt Against the Fathers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?
(a) Race riots between white men and abolitionists.
(b) Equality between men and women.
(c) Large company monopolies.
(d) The contrast in socio-economic levels.

2. When did the Lincolns move to central Illinois?
(a) March 1828.
(b) March 1830.
(c) March 1831.
(d) March 1829.

3. Sixteen-year-old Abraham grew estranged from his farmer father. Why?
(a) His father wanted him to be educated.
(b) His father was cruel and unfeeling.
(c) His father did not understand his son's desire for education.
(d) His father did not understand his son's desire to be President.

4. To what did James Shields, a state auditor and a Democrat, challenge Lincoln?
(a) A game of chess.
(b) A debate.
(c) A race.
(d) A duel.

5. Lincoln read voraciously and taught himself mathematics, but his real interest was in what?
(a) Languages.
(b) Politics.
(c) Art.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lincoln give Mary with the inscription "Love is Eternal?"

3. How did Lincoln convince the court that the railroad did not have to pay county taxes?

4. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?

5. The Presidential campaign of 1856 elected who?

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