This page contains the continuation of a quiz that you may wish to take just for fun. It pertains to the life of Abraham Lincoln. The previous Lincoln Quiz can be selected by clicking HERE. You may select another quiz from the archives page by clicking here or Archives in the Site Menu of the contents frame to the left.
The source of the questions and answers is Carl Sandberg's monumental work, Abraham Lincoln, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1926. This quiz is from Volume 1 of this work, The Prairie Years.
31. Lincoln was admitted to the Illinois Bar and set up his law practice with J. R. Stuart in
32. What was the name of the woman to whom Lincoln proposed marriage in 1837 but who refused to marry him?
33. When Lincoln ran for Presidential Elector he debated Steven Douglas. A newspaper, the "State Register," characterized Lincoln's manner as
34. J. T. Stuart and Lincoln's law office was over the court house and overlooked a square on which a landmark would be built. What is this landmark?
b. The State Capitol building.
c. The Springfield Opera House.
35. Abe Lincoln was an elector from Illinois in the presidential contest between the Whig Harrison and Democrat Van Buren. Which one of the following states had the earliest election that went heavily for Harrison?
36. Lincoln met Mary Todd in Springfield Illinois when she visited Ninian Edwards, a prominent citizen of Springfield. Lincoln proposed marriage to Mary Todd in 1840. Mary was from
37. Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln were to be married on New Year's Day 1841. The wedding did not take place because
a. Mary was called to the bedside of a dying relative.
c. Lincoln was called to Washington.
d. a snow storm forced a postponement of the wedding.
38. Lincoln was a leading advocate of
d. weekly binge-drinking parties.
39. Lincoln had a close, personal relationship with a man that some historians believe may have been a homosexual relationship. This man was
40. Lincoln agreed to fight a duel with another politician. This duel was to be fought in Missouri because dueling was illegal in Illinois. The weapons used were