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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. Why did Thomas Lincoln go back to Kentucky to bring home a new wife, Sarah Bush Johnston, or "Sally?"
(a) He was lonely.
(b) His household was floundering.
(c) He fell in love with Sally.
(d) His children asked him for a mother.

2. Why did Lincoln write to Mary Owens to release her from their engagement?
(a) He no longer loved her.
(b) He was poor, did not feel he could provide for her, and did not think she would want to live in poverty while he tried to make something of himself.
(c) He no longer wanted to get married.
(d) He knew she did not want to marry him.

3. 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) On the morning of the wedding.
(c) Two days before the wedding.
(d) The day after the wedding.

4. Lincoln and Mary resolved to be friends, and even wrote what together?
(a) Political articles.
(b) Political satire.
(c) Novels.
(d) Poetry.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. He entered into a law practice with John Todd Stuart, and won his first court case. What type of case was this?

2. Where was Lincoln born?

3. What was Abraham's first job?

4. Lincoln was a member of what political party?

5. Lincoln read voraciously and taught himself mathematics, but his real interest was in what?

(see the answer key)

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