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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinguishes us from savages?
(a) Manners
(b) Clothing
(c) Language
(d) Government

2. With whom did Lincoln often attend plays?
(a) John Philip Sousa
(b) Daniel Webster
(c) William Henderson
(d) John Hay

3. Who may have made the most accurate claim as to where Lincoln stood?
(a) Harrison
(b) Garrison
(c) Mitchell
(d) Wills

4. When Lincoln would go off by himself, he referred to it as _______________.
(a) Hypo
(b) Reconstitution
(c) Reprieve
(d) Necessary

5. Which was not a factor in determining the real site?
(a) Photographs
(b) Eyewitness accounts
(c) Space for spectators
(d) Elevation of the speaker

Short Answer Questions

1. Who currently runs the Gettysburg cemetery?

2. Lincoln is known for using words as _____________.

3. Wills states that Lincoln used what type of imagery in the Gettysburg Address?

4. It was originally believed that Lincoln stood facing what item(s)?

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a big believer in what school of thought?

(see the answer key)

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