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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year was the original site contested?
(a) 1871
(b) 1865
(c) 1864
(d) 1868
2. In what year was the signed lithograph sold?
(a) 1863
(b) 1864
(c) 1868
(d) 1872
3. The author is careful to point out what item in Pericles' speech?
(a) Translations
(b) Meaning
(c) Use of language
(d) Useful references
4. Who was the first person to receive notification that the chosen spot for Lincoln's speech was not the correct one?
(a) Maynard
(b) Wills
(c) Selleck
(d) Tilberg
5. Lincoln left out many topics in the speech which could have been addressed. Which is included?
(a) Emancipation Proclamation
(b) Slavery
(c) The Civil War
(d) Treason
6. In what war did Lincoln serve as an officer?
(a) Black Hawk War
(b) Spanish-American War
(c) War of 1812
(d) Civil War
7. Everett's speech is an example of an oratory for what occasion?
(a) Wedding
(b) Funeral
(c) Burial
(d) War
8. What currently stands in the spot where Lincoln supposedly stood?
(a) Statue of Union soldier
(b) Restrooms
(c) Flagpole
(d) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
9. The speech calls upon the living to be _________ the works of the dead.
(a) Ashamed of
(b) Gentle with
(c) Dedicated to
(d) Proud of
10. In the speech given by Pericles, he speaks of the virtues of his ____________.
(a) City
(b) God
(c) Soldiers
(d) Beliefs
11. Which was not a word used by Lincoln to describe the American Revolution?
(a) Pride
(b) Famine
(c) Fire
(d) Blood
12. When was the correct site determined?
(a) 1984
(b) 1962
(c) 1954
(d) 1907
13. Which text was surely not the correct one?
(a) Nicolay
(b) Wilson
(c) Everett
(d) Hay
14. What city is connected to Pericles?
(a) Troy
(b) Corinth
(c) Athens
(d) Sparta
15. What is the name of the final part?
(a) Reconciliation
(b) Vengeance
(c) Solemnity
(d) Calamity
Short Answer Questions
1. The South lost approximately how many soldiers?
2. Which of the following is not used by Everett in describing the Southerners?
3. Which part describes Lee's defeat?
4. According to Lincoln, the nation was conceived in ___________.
5. Which of these does not apply to Gorgias?
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