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

2. Why did Lincoln write to Mary Owens to release her from their engagement?
(a) 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.
(b) He knew she did not want to marry him.
(c) He no longer wanted to get married.
(d) He no longer loved her.

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

4. When Lincoln moved to New Salem, for what did he become known?
(a) His tall hat.
(b) His physical strength and honesty.
(c) His height and beard.
(d) His quiet demeanor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert Lincoln feel when his father was away on political trips?

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

3. After moving to Springfield, how did Lincoln feel?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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