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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. Republican papers began mentioning Lincoln's name for what?
(a) Congress.
(b) The Senate.
(c) Governor.
(d) The Presidency.

2. Why did Lincoln not drink alcohol?
(a) He was very religious.
(b) He could not afford it.
(c) He did not like the taste of it.
(d) It threatened his self-control.

3. In January __________, a Lincoln campaign for Presidential candidacy was officially underway.
(a) 1860.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1858.

4. 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 private school.
(b) A parochial school.
(c) The "blab school."
(d) A boarding school.

5. Lincoln read newspapers voraciously, and was concerned about what?
(a) Large company monopolies.
(b) Equality between men and women.
(c) The contrast in socio-economic levels.
(d) Race riots between white men and abolitionists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Presidential campaign of 1856 elected who?

3. How did Lincoln feel without Mary?

4. Lincoln's rivals were Stephen A. Douglas, known as ____________, and the young Democrats.

5. In 1858, Lincoln gave what famous speech at the Republican convention?

(see the answer key)

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