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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lincoln send "Quarrel Not at All" to the brother in law of Stephen Douglas?
(a) To make an example.
(b) To prevent distention in Congress.
(c) To humiliate Stephen Douglas.
(d) To avoid further embarrassment to his family.

2. Who was "In This Sad World of Ours" for?
(a) A friend who lost a brother in the war.
(b) A widow whose sons were killed in the war.
(c) A politician who lost a son in the war.
(d) A young girl whose father was killed in the war.

3. What did Lincoln say the country did not have the capacity to do in "A Full Pardon"?
(a) Treat Confederate soldiers as loyal.
(b) Treat Confederate soldiers as criminals.
(c) Treat Confederate soldiers as people.
(d) Treat Confederate soldiers as prisoners of war.

4. What did Lincoln feel about the new commander of the Union Armies?
(a) He was nominated to please Congress.
(b) He gives him the benefit of the doubt.
(c) He could not trust his judgement.
(d) He had complete confidence in him.

5. Who does Lincoln congratulate in "You Were Right, and I Was Wrong"?
(a) General Grant.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) General Sherman.
(d) General Marshall.

6. Who was "But You Must Act" intended for?
(a) General McArthur.
(b) General McCall.
(c) General McCook.
(d) General McClellan.

7. What was "A Single Half-Defeat" about?
(a) The desire to defeat General Lee.
(b) The Confederate treatment of prisoners of war.
(c) Lincoln's feelings of defeat.
(d) McClellan's defeat.

8. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?
(a) They were forced to serve in the Confederate army.
(b) They were sent home.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were forced to sign confession letters.

9. What offer did Lincoln reject in "Few Things are So Troublesome"?
(a) Trading cotton.
(b) Trading prisoners.
(c) Trading iron.
(d) Trading corn.

10. Why was Hooker relieved of duties shortly after "Lee's Army Is Your True Objective Point"?
(a) He refused to take Richmond.
(b) He refused to stop and rest.
(c) He refused to use intelligence gathered by a woman.
(d) He refused to pursue Lee.

11. What did Lincoln call radicals in "The Jewel of Liberty"?
(a) Incoporating African Americans in the regular army.
(b) Giving former slaves in North Carolina reparation.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Giving African Americans equal rights.

12. What does Lincoln want in "I Expect to Maintain this Contest"?
(a) More money.
(b) More supplies.
(c) More troops.
(d) More support from government leaders.

13. How did Lincoln react to the reception of the Emancipation Proclamation according to "Breath Alone Kills No Rebels" ?
(a) With anger.
(b) With no enthusiasm.
(c) With a lot of enthusiasm.
(d) Without concern.

14. Who would employ the strategy Lincoln described in "Making Our Advantage an Over-match for His" in 1864?
(a) General Hooker.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General Sherman.

15. Why was Lincoln at his lowest when he wrote "The Will of God Prevails"?
(a) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Antietam.
(b) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Wilderness.
(c) The Union was defeated at the Battle of Shiloh.
(d) The Union was defeated again at Bull Run.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The World Has Never Had a Good Definition of Liberty" written?

2. What was the Wade-Davis bill about?

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

4. What type of political opponent did Lincoln pursue during the war according to "Indispensable to the Public Safety"?

5. What did Lincoln support in "It Works Doubly"?

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