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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: On The Pilgrimage Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?
(a) Yes, but only after everyone else had left.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, but only for a few moments.
(d) Yes.

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

4. What had been made practically obsolete by this bill?
(a) The Fugitive Law.
(b) The Illinois Bill.
(c) The Missouri Compromise.
(d) The Mississippi Compromise.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lincoln was intimidated by Mary's _______________.

3. What two boys were born to the Lincolns?

4. From what did Nancy Lincoln die?

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

(see the answer key)

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