Direction: The following paragraph describes a famous person. It's your job to infer the name of the person described and choose the correct alternative. A small-town lawyer from Illinois, tall and…
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Direction: The following paragraph describes a famous person. It's your job to infer the name of the person described and choose the correct alternative.
A small-town lawyer from Illinois, tall and lanky with an Adam's apple that could have gone down in the Guinness Book of Records had it existed in the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, he changed the face of American history, steering it through a civil war that left both sides bloody. Who knows what more he could have done had an assassin's bullet not cut him down?
The person described is __________
A small-town lawyer from Illinois, tall and lanky with an Adam's apple that could have gone down in the Guinness Book of Records had it existed in the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, he changed the face of American history, steering it through a civil war that left both sides bloody. Who knows what more he could have done had an assassin's bullet not cut him down?
The person described is __________
- Abraham Lincoln
- John F. Kennedy
- Jefferson
- Roosevelt
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - Abraham Lincoln
A small-town lawyer from Illinois, tall and lanky, who steered the United States through the Civil War and was assassinated, is Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy was also assassinated, but he was not an Illinois lawyer and led no civil war.
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