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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a big believer in what school of thought?
(a) Totalitarianism
(b) Transcendentalism
(c) Marxism
(d) Polymorphism

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

3. Who was the commander of the Northern army?
(a) Everett
(b) Lincoln
(c) Lee
(d) Meade

4. What state did Henry Clay represent?
(a) Louisiana
(b) Kentucky
(c) Virginia
(d) Ohio

5. Because he grew up in a rural setting, Lincoln had many opportunities to witness what event(s)?
(a) Rural justice
(b) Stealing
(c) Family feuds
(d) Barroom brawls

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was not a word used by Lincoln to describe the American Revolution?

2. In what state did Lincoln grow up?

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

4. To learn to write well, Lincoln studied Hugh Blair's work on what topic?

5. In classical oration, there are two parts: Epainesis and _______________.

(see the answer key)

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