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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Years of Meteors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was Lincoln advocating war?
(a) No.
(b) Possibly.
(c) Yes.
(d) Most likely.

2. 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?
(a) A boarding school.
(b) A private school.
(c) The "blab school."
(d) A parochial school.

3. Lincoln was the only lawyer who did what?
(a) Owned his own law firm.
(b) Became President.
(c) Got involved in politics.
(d) Rode the entire court circuit for both sessions.

4. The Republicans held a convention with Lincoln as the keynote speaker, and he gave an hour-and-a-half long impromptu speech. As what is this speech known?
(a) The Worst Speech.
(b) The Last Speech.
(c) The Best Speech.
(d) The Lost Speech.

5. What were Douglas' ideas causing in the Democratic party?
(a) Major rifts.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Cohesiveness.
(d) Confidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lincoln and Mary secretly became engaged, and set November 4th as their wedding date. When did they tell her family?

2. When did Lincoln's son, Eddie, die?

3. Colonel Robert E. Lee was sent into the fray to put the rebellion down, and the incident was branded by Southerners as what?

4. Lincoln became known as what because of his tough pioneer background and his legal work with the railroad?

5. What event perpetuated Lincoln's fatalistic beliefs and preoccupation with death?

(see the answer key)

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