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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Why Should the Spirit of Man Not be Proud?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In November Lincoln and Douglas had their first debate over what, starting a rivalry that would last years?
(a) Female suffrage.
(b) Negro suffrage.
(c) The national debt.
(d) State banks.

3. Lincoln preached what?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Impassioned demonstrations rather than reason and calculated solutions.
(c) Reason and calculated solutions rather than impassioned demonstrations.
(d) Imperialism.

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

5. Lincoln's rivals were Stephen A. Douglas, known as ____________, and the young Democrats.
(a) The Jolly Green Giant.
(b) Jack and the Giant.
(c) The Mean Giant.
(d) The Little Giant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?

2. In ____________, Lincoln met Mary Ann Todd, a witty young woman who could talk with him about politics.

3. On the way down the river to New Orleans, what happened to Lincoln and his friend's raft?

4. When did the Lincolns move to central Illinois?

5. In October 1839 the Whigs held a convention and endorsed who for President, beginning the so-called Log and Cabin Campaign?

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