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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The crowd at Gettysburg gathered to dedicate a _____________.
(a) Battalion
(b) Bridge
(c) Cemetery
(d) Monument
2. What was Theodore Parker's profession?
(a) Railroad worker
(b) Congressman
(c) Cemetery worker
(d) Preacher
3. Webster and Clay both supported what cause?
(a) Astrology
(b) Lincoln's political campaign
(c) The construction of the Gettysburg cemetery
(d) Preservation of the Union
4. Lincoln identified with what type of minister?
(a) Baptist
(b) Conservative
(c) Transcendentalist
(d) Moonie
5. Some believe that all American novels came out of what popular book?
(a) Little House on the Prairie
(b) The Good Earth
(c) Huckleberry Finn
(d) Uncle Tom's Cabin
6. What year is the main focus of the story?
(a) 1863
(b) 1849
(c) 1924
(d) 1901
7. According to Lincoln, if the Founding Fathers had failed, people would have referred to them as ______________.
(a) Idiots
(b) Simpletons
(c) Fools
(d) Over ambitious
8. Daniel Webster was born in what state?
(a) New Hampshire
(b) Rhode Island
(c) Delaware
(d) Massachusetts
9. To learn to write well, Lincoln studied Hugh Blair's work on what topic?
(a) Rhetoric
(b) Non-fiction writing
(c) Great political speeches
(d) Lyrical verse
10. What state did Henry Clay represent?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Louisiana
(c) Ohio
(d) Virginia
11. According to the book, which of the following was allowed to become a slave territory?
(a) Jamaica
(b) Haiti
(c) Tahiti
(d) Bahamas
12. Lincoln originally assured Southerners that he would not argue against which act?
(a) Crittenden Amendment
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act
(c) The Fugitive Slave Act
(d) The Dred Scott Case
13. Some believe that Lincoln wanted to be compared to what great historical figure?
(a) Michelangelo
(b) Nero
(c) Plato
(d) Caesar
14. Lincoln believed that what action would help to deter slavery?
(a) Political speeches
(b) New laws
(c) Imprisonment for slave owners
(d) Confinement
15. Abraham Lincoln's depression was often referred to as _________________.
(a) Consumption
(b) Vapors
(c) Distonia
(d) Melancholy
Short Answer Questions
1. What country's culture had recently come back into style?
2. The translation of "Arete" is:
3. Daniel Webster was known as a great _______________.
4. What is another name for human progress?
5. How many people lived in Gettysburg at that time?
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