100 POINTS TO HELP!
1) Strategies for analyzing historical texts include all of the following EXCEPT:
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A) Interview the author for deeper understanding
B) Pay attention to what the author is saying.
C) Evaluate whether the author offers a problem to be solved.
D) Decide whether the author offers a solution to the problem.

2) When analyzing a historical document, it is important to:
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A) Read and annotate, looking up unfamiliar words.
B)Think like a jury, deciding on a conclusion that follows from what you've read.
C) Consider what you already know about the subject.
D) All of the above.

3) When analyzing Lincoln's speech, it is most important to consider:
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A) secondhand accounts revealing how the audience reacted to his words
B) the historical context of the work and our background knowledge about the Civil War.
C) the way in which Lincoln was assassinated
D) the overall mood created by Lincoln's words

4)Read the following passage and then respond to the question below:
(In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. -Lincoln)

Why might Lincoln have used a biblical allusion referring to a divided house in his speech? Group of answer choices
A) He wanted to emphasize that the North and South must work together in order to preserve our country, drawing importance to it using the authority of religion.
B) He believed the North and the South needed religion in order to survive.
C) He was revealing that the North and the South should never be able to work together as they are divided into two houses.
D) He wanted to further divide the North and South, keeping them separate.

5) Why it is important to consider the historical context of the document when analyzing its meaning? Choose the one BEST answer. Group of answer choices
A) The context helps us to create a date for the works cited.
B) The context allows us to see a snapshot into a different era.
C) The context allows us to understand whether the document is a primary or secondary source.
D) The context helps us to understand the reliability of a source, its audience, and purpose.