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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why wasn't "The Administration Will Not Be Re-Elected" sent by Lincoln?
(a) He lost it.
(b) An intern stole it.
(c) He won the general election.
(d) It was meant as a reminder.

3. What did "Questions I Reserve to Myself" foreshadow?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Proclamation to Overrule the General's Emancipation.
(c) Proclamation for National Fast Day.
(d) Thanksgiving Proclamation.

4. When was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" written?
(a) December 1862.
(b) November 1962.
(c) February 1963.
(d) January 1963.

5. What was in the works by August of 1862 according to the editor?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Lincoln's autobiography.
(c) Lincoln's change in policy.
(d) The new Declaration of Independence.

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

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

8. Why was the general Lincoln sent "But You Must Act" to defeated?
(a) He let Confederates cut off his supply line.
(b) He was lazy and did not have a plan.
(c) He gave Confederates a chance to take them prisoner.
(d) He gave Confederates forces time to re-deploy.

9. Who was "A Fair Specimen of What Has Occurred to Me Through Life" intended for?
(a) A soldier.
(b) An actor.
(c) A political ally.
(d) A housewife.

10. When was the Wade-Davis bill passed according to "Unprepared to Be Inflexibly Committed to Any Single Plan"?
(a) May 1864.
(b) August 1864.
(c) June 1864.
(d) July 1864.

11. What did the election of Republicans pave the way for according to "The New Reckoning"?
(a) The work of reconstruction.
(b) The passage of the the 13th amendment.
(c) The passage of the War Time Spending bill.
(d) Continuation of the war.

12. When was "Give Me a Tangible Nucleus" written?
(a) December 1863.
(b) October 1863.
(c) January 1864.
(d) November 1863.

13. What claims did Lincoln dismiss in "Broken Eggs Cannot Be Mended"?
(a) The newly freed slaves rising to kill all the whites in the southern states.
(b) A black army marching to Washington.
(c) The blacks electing their own president.
(d) The whites farmers leaving for Mexico.

14. Who sent the letter prompting Lincoln to write "Not an Entirely Impartial Judge"?
(a) Jefferson Davis.
(b) A Confederate minister.
(c) A pro-slavery white man.
(d) General Grant.

15. When did Lincoln suspend the right of Habeas Corpus according to "The Writ of Habeas Corpus is Suspended" ?
(a) Two days before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) Two weeks before the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) Two weeks after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Two days after the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to white Union commanders leading black soldiers captured by Confederates according to "The Same Protection to All Its Soldiers"?

3. Who was "The Last, Best Hope of Earth" intended for?

4. When was "Will Be Received and Considered" written?

5. What did Lincoln point to as the reason for the war continuing in "The Curses of Heaven"?

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