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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "I am Young and Unknown" written?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1833.

2. When did Mary Todd and Lincoln reconcile?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1841.

3. What was Lincoln little patience with according to "Grumbling Despatches and Letters"?
(a) Squabbling mayors.
(b) Squabbling generals.
(c) Squabbling politicians.
(d) Squabbling prisoners of the Confederacy.

4. What did the Whigs support according to "Bow to It I Never Will"?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Trade with England.
(c) A strong national bank.
(d) Small banks.

5. What was "The Union is Perpetual" written for?
(a) His inaugural address.
(b) A letter to his wife.
(c) A letter to his constituents.
(d) His first speech to Congress.

6. Why was war never declared between the Union and the Confederacy?
(a) The Confederacy would not last long at the hands of Lincoln.
(b) The Confederacy was thought to be weak.
(c) The Confederacy was not considered important.
(d) The Confederacy was not consider an independent country by the Union.

7. What was to become of Alexander Stephens according to the editor?
(a) He would become president of the Confederacy.
(b) He would leave the Confederacy for the Union.
(c) He would become the first General in the Confederacy.
(d) He would become vice president of the Confederacy.

8. What were the southern states doing at the time of "The Tug Has to Come"?
(a) Paid their dues.
(b) Wrote a letter to Lincoln.
(c) Putting secession in motion.
(d) Hid their money from Lincoln.

9. What did Lincoln want to wait for before deciding to take action according to "The Most Prompt, and Efficient Means"?
(a) A vote on secession by the Illinois state legislature.
(b) A vote on secession by the Kentucky state legislature.
(c) A vote on secession by the North Carolina state legislature.
(d) A vote on secession by the Maryland state legislature.

10. Why did Lincoln want troops to be raised in "To Suppress Said Combinations"?
(a) To put down the Southern rebellion.
(b) To attack plantations.
(c) To show strength.
(d) To assuage fears.

11. Who did Lincoln write "I Like the Letters Very Much" for?
(a) Roberta Marki.
(b) Mary Rosenthal.
(c) Sophia Henkins.
(d) Mary Todd.

12. What charges was "Blowing Out the Moral Lights Around Us" a response to?
(a) Lincoln being a politician.
(b) Lincoln being pro-slavery.
(c) Lincoln being a pacifist.
(d) Lincoln being an abolitionist.

13. What order did John Fremont give according to "To Conform to the Act of Congress"?
(a) To free slaves of plantation owners.
(b) To free slaves of disloyal residents.
(c) To free slaves in three cities.
(d) To free slaves of captured soldiers.

14. At what age did Lincoln stop working on the family farm?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 23.
(d) 15.

15. What would doom African American slaves according to "Public Sentiment"?
(a) The public thinking it was in the hands of the states.
(b) The public thinking that slavery it was not a moral issue.
(c) The public thinking it was in the hands of Lincoln.
(d) The public thinking it was a financial issue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What financial advice did Lincoln give to lawyers in "Resolve to Be Honest"?

2. How does Lincoln portray himself in "For, and Not Against the Union"?

3. Who criticized Lincoln's handling of Fremont according to "I Cannot Assume the Reckless Position"?

4. What did Lincoln see as advantageous when writing "I Accept the Nomination"?

5. What was still an unpopular stance at the time Lincoln wrote "Where I Now Stand"?

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