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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a benefit of being in the state capitol that might entice Lincoln to run for office?
(a) The opportunity to learn from the finest lawyers in the state.
(b) The chance to have suits made that will have sleeves that are long enough for his arms.
(c) He will be able to collect extra money by doing favors for friends.
(d) Women will seek him out for marriage.

2. Who is Elizabeth Edwards?
(a) The author of two memoirs.
(b) The woman Abe Lincoln loves and wants to marry.
(c) Mary Todd's sister and Ninian Edwards' wife.
(d) The wife of a one-time presidential candidate.

3. What is the local gossip in New Salem about Ann Rutledge?
(a) She is secretly a witch.
(b) She is in love with Abe Lincoln.
(c) She has been jilted by her fiance, who left town.
(d) She is in line for a job as the town's teacher.

4. What is the weather, as the Greens sit in their parlor, waiting for Abe to return from Ann Rutledge's home?
(a) A gentle breeze ruffles the leaves of autumn trees.
(b) The sun is shining brightly.
(c) A blizzard is going on.
(d) It is storming, windy and rainy.

5. Lincoln and Mary Todd are getting married, yet he seems to be in despair. Why?
(a) He discovers he loves Elizabeth Edwards, not Mary Todd.
(b) Mary Todd has written him a letter, breaking their engagement.
(c) Mary Todd has run off with Billy Herndon.
(d) He wants to break the engagement and leave Mary Todd at the altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Todd characterize the life her sister and brother-in-law have chosen?

2. How does Mary Todd describe her part in the break-up of the engagement to Lincoln?

3. Who is Billy Herndon?

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

5. Why has Lincoln come to see Mary Todd in Act 2, Scene 8?

(see the answer key)

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