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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Mary Todd been doing while Lincoln entertains his guests?
(a) Hemming a dress.
(b) Throwing a tantrum.
(c) Listening at the door.
(d) Making tea.

2. What is the plan that Seth Gale and Lincoln have for their futures?
(a) To move west, to Nebraska.
(b) To attend law school and go into practice together.
(c) To move to California, in search of gold.
(d) To relocate to Springfield and open a general store.

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

4. What does Lincoln do with his notes before he begins speaking in the debate with Douglas?
(a) Puts them in his hat.
(b) Rips them to pieces.
(c) Puts them on the podium.
(d) Sticks them under his chair.

5. What is it that the visitors to Lincoln's home in Act 3, Scene 10 want to talk about with him?
(a) Shutting down the abolitionist newspaper.
(b) Running for President of the United States.
(c) Taking over the Department of Justice.
(d) Opening a local branch of Macy's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lincoln define his "own great duty?"

2. Lincoln and Mary Todd are getting married, yet he seems to be in despair. Why?

3. One of Lincoln's clients can't pay her bill; why does Lincoln think she is right not to pay?

4. To which of Shakespeare's characters does Douglas compare Lincoln?

5. What legal case established that slaves should be considered property?

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