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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Josh Speed and Bowling Green think might be the result, if slavery spreads further across the South?
2. Why does Lincoln return to New Salem in Act 1, Scene 3?
3. How much would Lincoln be paid as a member of the legislature?
4. Why does Bowling Green call Lincoln "an artful dodger" in Act 2, Scene 4?
5. Who is Billy Herndon?
Short Essay Questions
1. William Herndon reacts vehemently to Lincoln's denunciation of Mary Todd's ambitions for Lincoln. What does Herndon, who is somewhat drunk, tell Lincoln?
2. Why does Lincoln decide to run for office after talking to Ann, at the end of Act 1, Scene 2? Did she encourage him?
3. In Act 2, Scene 4, Lincoln continues to resist running for any office with more authority than the Electoral College. Why?
4. What is Josh Speed's opinion of Lincoln's personality and prospects, now that Lincoln is in the State Assembly?
5. Josh Speed and Bowling Green are longtime friends of Lincoln's; they have urged him for years to seek higher political office. In Act 2, Scene 4, what is their attitude toward Lincoln's reluctance to run for an important elected position?
6. What is Webster reacting or responding to in the speech Lincoln reads in Act 1, Scene 1?
7. Why is it that debt is always heavy on Lincoln's mind during his early adulthood, covered by Act 1, Scene 1?
8. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 5, Elizabeth Edwards is responding to a bit of news which surprises her--even though she might have seen it coming. What is the news and who brought it to her attention?
9. What sentiment does Daniel Webster express in the speech that Lincoln reads in Act 1, Scene 1?
10. What does Lincoln tell his friends in Act 2, Scene 4, in the discussion about his lack of political ambition and his unwillingness to speak publicly against slavery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
His visit with Seth Gale in Act 2, Scene 6 has an emotional effect on Lincoln. What did the two men talk about? How did their conversation affect Lincoln?
Essay Topic 2
Based on his self-descriptions in the scene set in Springfield with Josh Speed and Bowling Green--"I'm no fighting man," he says--is Lincoln a coward who won't fight for what he believes? How does Lincoln explain his own "cowardice?"
Essay Topic 3
Early on, Lincoln tells his backers that--if he does decide to seek elected office--they won't find him arguing for change or progress or revolution. He continues to hold to this conservatism now that he is a lawyer--he describes himself as someone who "keeps his mouth shut and abides by the Constitution." How does Lincoln explain his aversion to getting involved and arguing for change in which he believes?
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