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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two words mark the difference between the Wills text and the Springfield text?
(a) Downtrodden soldiers
(b) Under God
(c) I surrender
(d) Poor people

2. Lincoln calls upon the people to do what kind of work?
(a) Unfinished
(b) Important
(c) Noble
(d) Dirty

3. Which of these does not apply to Gorgias?
(a) Greek
(b) Nihilist
(c) Doctor
(d) Philosopher

4. Who spoke about "the strategy of annihilation?"
(a) Lincoln
(b) Meade
(c) Jackson
(d) Grant

5. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?
(a) Douglass
(b) Hay
(c) Wills
(d) Herndon

6. Lincoln left out many topics in the speech which could have been addressed. Which is included?
(a) The Civil War
(b) Emancipation Proclamation
(c) Slavery
(d) Treason

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

8. What does antithetical refer to?
(a) Opposition
(b) Illiteracy
(c) Non-religious
(d) Valor

9. What would Lincoln commonly do to his speeches as a reminder?
(a) Carry an extra copy
(b) Require an assistant to memorize it
(c) Use cue cards
(d) Underline words

10. What is a Gorgianism?
(a) Grave marker
(b) Antebellum carriage
(c) Balanced phrase
(d) Fungus

11. According to Lincoln, "____ breeds and thrives."
(a) Deception
(b) Anger
(c) Impulsiveness
(d) Freedom

12. Everett lists the number of Union soldiers killed as ________.
(a) 2,843
(b) 6,471
(c) 13,209
(d) 3,679

13. Who is Frederick Tilberg?
(a) Well published Lincoln expert
(b) Lincoln's great-great-grandson
(c) Respected historian
(d) Curator of the Gettysburg Museum

14. Who currently runs the Gettysburg cemetery?
(a) The Wills Family Trust
(b) National Park Service
(c) Civil War Reenactment Society
(d) Department of the Interior

15. What currently stands in the spot where Lincoln supposedly stood?
(a) Flagpole
(b) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
(c) Statue of Union soldier
(d) Restrooms

Short Answer Questions

1. Which text was surely not the correct one?

2. During what war did Pericles make his speech?

3. In what year was the original site contested?

4. Who was the first person to receive notification that the chosen spot for Lincoln's speech was not the correct one?

5. What city is connected to Pericles?

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