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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lincoln return to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Ann Rutledge is sick.
(b) Seth Gale summoned him with a letter.
(c) The Greens have asked him to mediate in their divorce.
(d) He has been kicked out of Springfiled for being drunk in public.

2. What do Josh Speed and Bowling Green think might be the result, if slavery spreads further across the South?
(a) The British would reassert power over the colonies.
(b) The South could overthrow the existing government and move the Capitol to Virginia.
(c) Lincoln could be drafted to head the military.
(d) Civil war might break out.

3. What are the Bowling Greens reading when Josh Speed arrives at their home in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The Bourne Chronicles.
(b) The Federalist Papers.
(c) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
(d) The New York Review of Books.

4. In Scene 2, Act 4, what office is Lincoln seeking?
(a) President of the Springfield School Board.
(b) Springfield's combined office of dogcatcher and postmaster.
(c) President of the United States.
(d) Member of the Electoral College.

5. What subject is always heavy on Lincoln's mind?
(a) That he'll never have a chance to run for public office.
(b) That his partner will buy the store where Abe works and fire him.
(c) That if he ever gets out of debt, he'll get right back in again.
(d) That he will fail at the job of postmaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bowling Green call Lincoln "an artful dodger" in Act 2, Scene 4?

2. In Act 2, Scene 4, who arrives unexpectedly at Lincoln's office to visit?

3. What is Lincoln's attitude about people before he meets Ann Rutledge?

4. What is the weather, as the Greens sit in their parlor, waiting for Abe to return from Ann Rutledge's home?

5. What is a benefit of being in the state capitol that might entice Lincoln to run for office?

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