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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the final part?
(a) Vengeance
(b) Solemnity
(c) Reconciliation
(d) Calamity

3. Lincoln believed that following the war there would be a period of ______________________.
(a) Self-pity
(b) Bitterness
(c) Remorse
(d) Redemption

4. How many paragraphs are contained in Everett's speech?
(a) 58
(b) 102
(c) 49
(d) 77

5. Who preferred to focus on a policy of unconditional surrender?
(a) Webster
(b) McPherson
(c) Herndon
(d) Douglass

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Gorgianism?

2. Who spoke about "the strategy of annihilation?"

3. Who most likely kept a copy of the speech as a souvenir?

4. Who was supposedly going to write remarks on a copy of the speech before it went to auction?

5. What does antithetical refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Tilberg convinced his assessment of Lincoln's position was correct? Were there other options?

2. Lincoln believed that it would not be of much consequence what was said in Gettysburg. What would be most remembered?

3. Who is currently in charge of the Gettysburg battlefield and cemetery? Why is this the logical choice?

4. What advice did Pericles give to the living?

5. Which version of the speech is the most popular? Why?

6. What was Lincoln's opinion on violence versus non-violence?

7. Who is credited with making the most logical choice for the location of Lincoln's address? What is the main element of proof?

8. Wills makes it a point to compare what theme in both speeches by Lincoln and Pericles?

9. How many parts are contained in Everett's speech and what is the significance of the number?

10. What does Everett believe caused the defeat of the South?

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