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The Gettysburg Address Trivia Quiz

The Gettysburg Address is generally considered to be the greatest American speech ever spoken. My quiz tests your knowledge on it.

A multiple-choice quiz by star_gazer. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
star_gazer

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
264,474

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3383

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (5/10), Lori16602 (4/10), Guest 172 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The speech honors those who died in the battle of Gettysburg. When did this deadly battle occur? Hint

July 1 - July 3, 1863

July 1 - July 3, 1864

June 1 - June 3, 1863

June 1 - June 3, 1864

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Question 2 of 10

2. The speech was given on November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg to dedicate ... Hint

The Soldiers' National Cemetery

1st National Church of Gettysburg

Gettysburg College

The Cemetery Monument

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the main speaker of the day? Hint

T.H. Stockton

Edward Everett

David Wills

John Nicolay

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many proper names are used in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address on the back of an envelope while traveling to Gettysburg on the train.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. How was Lincoln's speech received at first? Hint

No one liked it.

We don't know.

Everyone admired it.

Mixed reception.

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many surviving copies of the Gettysburg Address are written in Lincoln's hand? Hint

Four

One

Two

Five

8. When Lincoln gave his Address he was standing in the center of the circle of the grave yard indicated by hemispherical rows of graves, where the tall column of the Soldiers' National Monument stands today.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many words are in the Gettysburg Address and how long did it last? Hint

272 words and just over 2 minutes.

502 words and just under 5 minutes.

314 words and just over 3 minutes.

200 words and just under 2 minutes.

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Question 10 of 10

10. What later famous speech directly invoked Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? Hint

Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Request for War Declaration

John F. Kennedy's Presidential Inaugural Speech

Woodrow Wilson League of Nations Formation Speech

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The speech honors those who died in the battle of Gettysburg. When did this deadly battle occur?

Answer: July 1 - July 3, 1863

The hot summer of '63, considered to be the turning point of the war.

2. The speech was given on November 19, 1863 in Gettysburg to dedicate ...

Answer: The Soldiers' National Cemetery

After the war so many people lay dead that it was a huge effort to bury them in the Cemetery, Lincoln then came to help dedicate the Cemetery with his Address.

3. Who was the main speaker of the day?

Answer: Edward Everett

Edward Everett was considered to be one of the best orators of his day; his speech lasted two hours. Although very few people remember what Everett said, he himself loved Lincoln's much shorter speech.

T.H. Stockton was the minister who spoke the prayer of the event.

David Wells was a Pennsylvania attorney who was also the organizer of the event and burial.

And John Nicolay was Lincoln's private secretary to whom he gave a copy of the speech.

4. How many proper names are used in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

Answer: 1

"God" is the only proper name he uses, not even the name of the battle or of the cemetery that he is dedicating are in his Address!

5. Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address on the back of an envelope while traveling to Gettysburg on the train.

Answer: False

Copies exist of his Address that he had written and edited in Washington DC, he also did some editing the night before in Gettysburg.

6. How was Lincoln's speech received at first?

Answer: Mixed reception.

Some newspapers actually criticized it!

7. How many surviving copies of the Gettysburg Address are written in Lincoln's hand?

Answer: Five

They are: The Nicolay Text, The Wills Text, The Hay Text, The Springfield Text, and The Baltimore Fair Text.

All are named for the people or places directly associated with the preserved copy.

Answer: False

It was actually located 40 feet north east of the outer circle of Soldiers' Grave.

A note signed by the president of the committee for the dedication ceremony, David Wills, in a copy of an 1865 report explained clearly that what appears as the obvious central location for the Address was not the actual one used.

9. How many words are in the Gettysburg Address and how long did it last?

Answer: 272 words and just over 2 minutes.

In writing I was always taught that the fewer words you use the better.

10. What later famous speech directly invoked Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

Answer: Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech.

"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice."

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