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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the man put in charge of cemetery operation?
(a) Wills
(b) Potter
(c) Winslow
(d) McDonald

2. According to the author, slaves were often referred to as "the _______ of war."
(a) Casualties
(b) Commodities
(c) Victims
(d) Children

3. At whom did Lincoln often poke fun?
(a) Stephen Douglas
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) Himself
(d) Jefferson Davis

4. Wills states that Lincoln used what type of imagery in the Gettysburg Address?
(a) Overextended
(b) Precise
(c) Muddled
(d) Fertility

5. How many people lived in Gettysburg at that time?
(a) 2500
(b) 3200
(c) 1200
(d) 4000

6. Lincoln believed that owning a slave put the master in the position of _________________.
(a) Tyrant
(b) Parent
(c) Persecutor
(d) King

7. Daniel Webster was born in what state?
(a) New Hampshire
(b) Massachusetts
(c) Delaware
(d) Rhode Island

8. Who was the commander of the Southern army?
(a) Meade
(b) Jackson
(c) Lee
(d) Davis

9. Wills says this about Lincoln, "He was a Transcendentalist without the ______."
(a) Imagination
(b) Fuzziness
(c) Stamina
(d) Nonsense

10. What did Lincoln believe to be the most important "founding" document?
(a) Emancipation Proclamation
(b) Magna Carta
(c) Declaration of Independence
(d) Constitution

11. The epainesis section of an ancient funeral oratory has how many parts?
(a) 4
(b) 7
(c) 1
(d) 5

12. What part of the classic speech tells people to live up to the sacrifice of those who died?
(a) Paideia
(b) Maintainment
(c) Synopsis
(d) Protreptikon

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

14. Lincoln's style made him good at writing what documents?
(a) Love letters
(b) Thank you notes
(c) Legal briefs
(d) Telegrams

15. The military eventually stepped forward to ensure what?
(a) Domestic tranquility
(b) Unity
(c) Friendship
(d) Free government

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men were lost on each side of the Battle of Gettysburg?

2. Daniel Webster was known as a great _______________.

3. Some believe that all American novels came out of what popular book?

4. Webster and Clay both supported what cause?

5. What was Theodore Parker's profession?

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