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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Years of Meteors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Lincolns move to central Illinois?
(a) March 1831.
(b) March 1829.
(c) March 1830.
(d) March 1828.

2. What did Lincoln give Mary with the inscription "Love is Eternal?"
(a) A ring.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A broach.
(d) A necklace.

3. How did many free-soilers feel about the Kansas-Nebraska Bill?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Worried.
(d) Outraged.

4. What were Douglas' ideas causing in the Democratic party?
(a) Cohesiveness.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Major rifts.
(d) Confidence.

5. Describe Nancy Hanks Lincoln.
(a) Stern and unemotional.
(b) Withdrawn and melancholy.
(c) Immature and irresponsible.
(d) Convivial and hard-working.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Robert Todd.

2. In October 1859, a band of Northern abolitionists tried to capture ____________, a town in Virginia, and start a rebellion.

3. How did Lincoln convince the court that the railroad did not have to pay county taxes?

4. Who was Lincoln's idol?

5. Lincoln was a member of what political party?

(see the answer key)

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