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Identify this work:  Just 701 words long, this work took only six or seven minutes to deliver, and contains many of the most memorable phrases in American political oratory. This work contained neither gloating nor rejoicing. Rather, it offered the author’s most profound reflections on the causes and meaning of the Civil War. The “scourge of war,” he/she explained, was best understood as divine punishment for the sin of slavery, a sin in which all Americans, North as well as South, were complicit. It describes a national moral debt that had been created by the “bondsmen’s 250 years of unrequited toil,” and ends with a call for compassion and reconciliation.

In Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address,” Lincoln repeats ‘we’ throughout the speech. Who is he referring to? 

In “Nature,” which of the following best describes Emerson’s attitude toward society? 

In “Nature,” Emerson supports which main idea in describing the waving of the boughs in the storm? 

What kind of costume  was Fortunato wearing when Montresor encountered him?

The argument of Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address can best be described as…  

Lincoln’s explanation for such a brief address in his 2nd Inaugural Address can best be summarized as…  

Which of the following authors did President Abraham Lincoln (jokingly) accuse of starting the Civil War? 

Vocabulary Builder: A heterogeneous group

Vocabulary Builder: Dawn cooked such an elaborate dinner for her friends that she had to work nonstop in the kitchen. If she had planned a simple menu, she could have relaxed and spent more time with her guests.