View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Lincoln feel about this scandal?
(a) Worried.
(b) Angry.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Happy.

3. In October 1839 the Whigs held a convention and endorsed who for President, beginning the so-called Log and Cabin Campaign?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Benjamin Harrison.
(d) William Henry Harrison.

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

5. What was Abraham's first job?
(a) He was a store clerk.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a sexton at the Pigeon Creek Baptist Church.
(d) He was a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did James Shields, a state auditor and a Democrat, challenge Lincoln?

2. Why did Lincoln not drink alcohol?

3. What bill did Stephen A. Douglas create?

4. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?

5. What school did Lincoln attend irregularly between ages 11 and 15, developing interests in reading, poetry, penmanship, and the early years of the American Republic?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 248 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample