Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	What surprised people at the time about Lincoln’s inaugural address?
	A.	It was quite short.
	B.	He didn't mention the civil war.
	C.	It was not as interesting as everyone hoped it would be.
	D.	He spoke too quietly so no one hears him very well.

2.	According to Lincoln, what had the American people been mostly concerned about at his previous inauguration?
	A.	They were concerned about the economy.
	B.	"They were anxious about an impending civil war."
	C.	They fought about whether to impeach the president.
	D.	They woried about foreign relations.

3.	Who is John Hay?
	A.	Lincoln's son
	B.	Lincoln's rival for the presidency
	C.	The man who was to kill Lincoln
	D.	Lincoln's secretary

4.	What was done with the written insults and death threats people had sent to Lincoln?
	A.	Lincoln turned them over to the Secret Service.
	B.	Lincoln and his wife saved them and worried about them.
	C.	Lincoln burned them.
	D.	Lincoln's secretary kept them in a bulging file.

5.	What does Lincoln say is like dying "over and over again"?
	A.	watching his soldiers fight and die.
	B.	being president
	C.	"living in constant fear of being killed "
	D.	losing a child

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