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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Everett teach?
(a) Yale
(b) Brown
(c) Oxford
(d) Harvard

3. The South instituted laws against what activity?
(a) Going to political rallies
(b) Freeing personal slaves
(c) Anti-slavery speeches
(d) Traveling north

4. Progonoi and autochthones are parts of the speech that refer to the soldiers' ____________.
(a) Belongings
(b) Weapons
(c) Courage and Fortitude
(d) Ancestors

5. One of the most popular gathering spots was located in what city?
(a) Philadelphia
(b) Chicago
(c) Richmond
(d) Boston

Short Answer Questions

1. What made it easier for Lincoln to speak about different topics in different areas?

2. According to Lincoln, if the Founding Fathers had failed, people would have referred to them as ______________.

3. The epainesis section of an ancient funeral oratory has how many parts?

4. Everett taught what famous writer?

5. Unlike Lincoln's words, many speeches of the day were considered to be _________________.

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