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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VII. To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lincoln want border states to accept according to "The Incidents of the War Cannot Be Avoided"?
(a) Suffrage.
(b) Radical beliefs.
(c) Emancipation.
(d) Union rule.

2. When was "The World Has Never Had a Good Definition of Liberty" written?
(a) May 1864.
(b) April 1864.
(c) March 1864.
(d) January1864.

3. When was "Can We Not Come Together, for the Future" written?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1852.

4. What does Lincoln tell Senator Lyman Trumbull in "The Taste is in My Mouth"?
(a) That he should give up his seat at the convention.
(b) That he should put his name on the ballot.
(c) That he should help him financially.
(d) That he should support his nomination.

5. When was the "No Exclusive, and Inflexible Plan Can Safely Be Prescribed" speech delivered by Lincoln?
(a) March 11, 1865.
(b) February 11,1865.
(c) April 11, 1865.
(d) May 11, 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lincoln tell the recipient of "Time is More Important Than Ever Before" to do with his army?

2. How many sons did Lydia Bixby lose to the war?

3. Who did Lincoln write "A Single Half-Defeat" for?

4. When was Lincoln politically adrift in "Where I Now Stand"?

5. When was "The Election Was a Necessity" written?

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