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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two professions open to people who fail at everything else, according to Lincoln's teacher?
(a) Journalism and law.
(b) School teaching and store keeping.
(c) Politics and prospecting.
(d) School teaching and politics.

2. Who is Ninian Edwards?
(a) Josh Speed's stepbrother.
(b) Son of the Illinois governor.
(c) A merchant passing through New Salem.
(d) Uncle of Elizabeth Edwards.

3. How does Lincoln surprise Ann Rutledge while she is clearing tables during Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) By bursting into song when she agrees to talk with him.
(b) By delivering a package from her fiance.
(c) By asking her to dance on the bar.
(d) By declaring his love for her.

4. What is Lincoln's initial response to the idea of running for office?
(a) He is angry because he thinks the idea is a bad joke.
(b) He weeps because his friends think so highly of him.
(c) He thinks it's a comical notion and not a good idea.
(d) He's excited and jumps at the chance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides debt, what topic often occupies Lincoln's mind?

2. What is it about politics that Lincoln dislikes?

3. Who wrote the poem that Lincoln's teacher gives him to read?

4. What is the "good joke" Lincoln plans to tell Bowling Green at the end of Act 1, Scene 2 in the Rutledge Tavern?

5. What does Lincoln do that impresses Ninian Edwards in Act 1, Scene 2?

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