Quiz – The Gettysburg Address and Random Quotes (2015)

INSTRUCTIONS: Do not write on the quiz please. Choose the BEST possible answer; what is the rhetorical or literary device in the quote(s) below. There is only one correct response for each question.

1. “of the people, by the people, for the people”

a. allusion b. antithesis c. parallelism d. anaphora

2. “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation”

a. anaphora b. antithesis c. alliteration d. parallelism

3. “our fathers brought [to this] continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

a. allusion b. antithesis c. anaphora d. rhyme

4. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and

so dedicated can long endure”

a. allusion b. parallelism c. anaphora d. antithesis

5. What does Lincoln mean by calling the Civil War a test of the ability of the nation to “long endure”?

a. The war will determine whether or not the country will remain together

b. The war will determine whether or not the country will abolish slavery

c. The war will determine whether he will be re-elected president for a second term

d. The war will determine whether the country will successfully break away from Britain

6. Why does Lincoln begin his eulogy to the soldiers buried at Gettysburg with a reference to “Four score and seven years ago?”

a. The Civil War began forty-seven years earlier

b. The institution of slavery did not begin until forty-seven years earlier

c. All men in the U.S. have been free and equal for eighty-seven years

d. The American Revolution began eighty-seven years earlier with the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Instructions: Random Quotes: Choose the BEST possible answer; what is the rhetorical or literary device in the quote(s) below. There is only one correct response for each question.

7. “I came; I saw; I conquered” (Shakespeare).

a. alliteration b. Allusion c. antithesis d. parallelism

8. “That guy didn’t know what real work was, but there he was, sweating over saying some stupid words” (Soto).

a. allusion b. alliteration c. anaphora d. parallelism

9. Which of the following devices is NOT found in the following passage?

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us” (Dickens).

a. anaphora b. allusion c. antithesis d. parallelism

Word Meaning: Select the word that most matches the word meaning from The Gettysburg Address.

10. Forth

a. settlers b. land c. afterward d. forward

11. Endure

a. away b. survive c. fight d. impossible

12. Perish

a. run b. take c. grow d. disappear

13. Hallow

a. to bless b. to explore c. to fear d. to dig a hole

14. Score

a. ten b. forty c. eighty d. twenty

15. Consecrate

a. to determine b. to identify c. to dedicate d. to deface

Several sentences and phrases from the Gettysburg Address are re-written in modern English below. Select the best revision for each sentence or phrase.

16. “Conceived in liberty” can be re-written as:

a. imagined by people living in a free country

or

b. the complex concept of freedom is not for everyone

17.”that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain” can be re-written as:

a. everyone wants to make sure nobody dies in battle again

or

b. we are making a promise that the soldiers gave up their lives for a good cause

18. “We are met on a great battlefield of war” can be re-written as:

a. many people are coming to meet us here for the war

or

b. Many people are here standing on a significant historical site

19. “We are now engaged in a great civil war” can be re-written as:

a. today, we are politely debating the policies of slavery

or

b. today, we are fighting a war between the states

20. “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget that they did here.” Can be re-written as:

a. People will not remember this little ceremony, but they will always remember the men who fought and died here.

or

b. People will only care about this speech in years to come, and all the fallen soldiers will soon be forgotten.