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 * __Gettysburg Address Reading Comprehension and Analysis __**
 * Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. **


 * Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. **


 * But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. **


 * 1. Lincoln's short speech begins, famously, with the words "Four score and seven years ago." (The word //score// comes from an Old Norwegian word meaning "twenty.") What famous document does Lincoln allude to in the first sentence of his speech? **

 (A) The Declaration of Independence

 (B) The Articles of Confederation

 (C) The Pledge of Allegiance

 (D) Hammurabi’s Codes of Law


 * 2. In the second sentence of his address, Lincoln repeats the verb //conceived//. What is the literal (actual) meaning of //conceive//? **

 (A) to bring to an end, close

 (B) to hide or seek refuge

 (C) to keep from being seen, found, or discovered

 (D) to give birth or to create


 * 3. In the second sentence of his address, Lincoln refers to "that nation." Which nation is he talking about? **

 (A) Japan

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (B) Germany

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (C) the United States of America

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (D) Great Britain


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">4. A //tricolon// is a series of three (3) similar, parallel, repeating phrases, or clauses. In which of the following lines does Lincoln employ a //tricolon//? **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (A) "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground."

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (B) "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (C) "This we may, in all propriety do."

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (D) "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here."


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">5. This ground, Lincoln says, has been "consecrated" by the "men . . . who struggled here." **


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> What is the meaning of //consecrated//? **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (A) empty, containing a deep space

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (B) soaked in blood

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (C) made sacred, holy or blessed

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (D) greeted in a warm and friendly manner


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">6. Lincoln emphasizes that “these dead shall not have died //in vain//,” and that those who are alive and present will make sure the dead are honored. What is the meaning of the term //in vain////?// **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (A) below freezing temperatures

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (B) in large numbers

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (C) unhappily

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (D) without purpose or meaning


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">7. The phrase "birth of freedom" in the final line of Lincoln's address calls to mind which similar phrase in the //first// sentence of the speech? **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (A) "upon this continent"

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (B) "conceived in liberty"

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (C) "Four score and seven years ago"

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (D) "dedicated to the proposition"


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">8. // <span class="wiki_link_ext">Epiphora // is a rhetorical term meaning "the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses." In what portion of the //long final sentence// of "The Gettysburg Address" does Lincoln use //epiphora//? **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (A) "It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here"

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (B) "this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom"

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (C) "that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause"

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (D) "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain"

<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (E) "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish"