Test Prep 4 Review

Test Prep 4 - Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

by Ms. Simmons-Rosen

Poll

Which answer describes the value of Test Prep as an activity in Room 191?

• It helps build critical thinking skills.

• It improves the ability to logically reason.

• It covers content that is required in English 3.

• It makes learning more of a game!

Multiple Choice

1 PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?

• President Lincoln believes that the Civil War was God’s way of punishing the United States for its history of slavery.

• President Lincoln believes that the South is to blame for the casualties of war, as it refused to give up slavery.

• The nation has changed in many ways since President Lincoln’s last inauguration.

• The Civil War continued after the abolishment of slavery, proving that slavery was never the true cause of the war.

​PROMPTS 1A and 1B

FINDING THE CENTRAL IDEA

​(End of Paragraph 2) With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

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(Paragraph 6) What sentence/phrase best supports your answer?

• ​The main idea is what the passage is MOSTLY about.​

• ​What information is in the title?

• ​What is discussed in the first and last paragraphs?

• ​Is your answer a detail that supports the main idea, but not the main idea?

• ​Is your answer consistent with the text?

Multiple Choice

1 PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• "The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well

  known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory

  and encouraging to all." (Paragraph 2)

• "One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it." (Paragraph 4)

• "Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease." (Paragraph 4)

• . "having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came," (Paragraph 6)

Multiple Choice

3 According to the text, how does the difference of four years (between inaugural speeches) alter the context of the speeches?

• The first speech was longer, as the people needed an explanation as they anxiously entered the war, but the second, in light of the casualties of war, is briefer and more solemn.

• The second speech is far more triumphant than the first, which was given in an uncertain time at the beginning of the war.

• The second speech is more emotional and filled with more hatred towards the Confederacy, which the Union has almost defeated.

• The first speech was longer as President Lincoln praised the strength of

  the Union, whereas in the second speech the Union is no longer so

  intimidating.

PROMPT 3 - PARAGRAPH 2

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

• At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention, and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

Multiple Choice

4 What distinction does President Lincoln make in paragraph 3 about both sides of the war?

• Lincoln argues that the Union wanted to avoid war all together, while the Confederacy wanted nothing more than to fight.

• Lincoln acknowledges that the Union was the first to declare war in order to maintain the United States and that, perhaps, they should have let the Confederacy peacefully secede.

• Lincoln emphasizes the fault of the Confederacy for seeking to destroy the larger union, with all states united, but does not condemn them as bloodthirsty.

• Lincoln stresses the idea that neither side actively sought war; their motivations may have been different, but neither party wanted to declare war if negotiation was possible.

PROMPT 4 - PARAGRAPH 3

ANALYZE RHETORIC

• On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it – all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war – seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.

Multiple Choice

5 PART A: Upon whom does Lincoln cast blame for the civil war and to what effect?

• Lincoln blames the Confederate States, particularly those states that first seceded, for refusing to negotiate.

• Lincoln does not actively blame anyone for the civil war, likely to avoid future hostility, but points to the institution of slavery as the cause of the war.

• Lincoln does not actively blame either side; rather he blames individual supporters of slavery, thus emphasizing the evils of the institution of slavery.

• Lincoln blames divine intervention for this war, for he sees the civil war as a form of senseless violence caused by an angry God.

​Prompts 5A and 5B.

​ANALYZE RHETORIC

Look for:

• clues of "blame"

• clues about the subsequent effect

​Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His8 aid against the other.

Multiple Choice

5 PART A: Which of the following best supports the answer to Part A?

• "On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war." (Paragraph 3)

• "Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it

  has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict

  might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.

  (Paragraph 4)

• . "Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes

  His aid against the other." (Paragraph 4)

• "Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the

  bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk,

  and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another

  drawn with the sword, (Paragraph 6)

Poll

Finally, it's FriYAY!

How are you feeling?

• Smarter than ever!

• Worried about midterms.

• Tired, it's been a long four-day week.

• Excited for the weekend!