Question

Comprehension
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
1. In the White House Abraham Lincoln quietly, sadly and ably guided the nation. Men complained about him, and he listened quietly and without anger. Men worked against him, and he did not turn against them. His great heart was full of grief; he loved peace; he was strong and determined to go on to the end. Slowly the ordinary people of the country began to know that in the White House there was a great President and a great man.
2. Lincoln had one serious fault, one which often troubled the officers of the army very much. He loved people, and he could understand and forgive their weaknesses, perhaps more than what was best. He found it difficult, for example, to permit the army courts to have a soldier shot for running away during a battle or for falling asleep while on guard duty. He wanted to forgive them and give them a second chance, and their officers didn’t like it. A mother’s tears, a baby’s cry, a story of misfortune- these touched his heart.
3. The following is an example of this so-called weakness of President Lincoln. One day an army captain and a few soldiers came to see Lincoln at the White House. A young soldier had been sleeping while on guard; he had been tried by the army court and ordered to be shot. Could the President please do something about it? A few hours later, the boy, now a prisoner in his tent, was surprised to receive a visit from the President of the United States, who, as President, was also head of all the Northern armies. Lincoln asked the boy about his home, his life on the farm and looked at the photograph of his mother which the boy had with him.
4. “You are too good a boy to be shot for falling asleep only once. I grew up on a farm myself. But if you are free you will have to pay heavily for it.”
The boy’s face brightened and he said: “I am sure that my father will be so happy, Sir, that he will gladly sell part of his farm and get the money.”
5. “No”, said the President, “that will not be enough. Only you can pay the bill, and pay only by proving yourself to be as brave and faithful as any soldier of the Union.” His hand rested on the head of the boy ,and his kind eyes looked full into the honest face. The boy promised.
6. The young soldier paid the bill very soon afterwards. In a fight with the enemy which was armed to the teeth, he jumped into a river to bring several wounded soldiers to the shore. Then he himself was shot, and died soon after that. While dying he blessed the mercy of his President, for having given him this chance to die for his country.

1. Quote the sentence, that states that the citizen’s life affected the President emotionally.

2.Why is it said that Abraham Lincoln sadly guided the nation as the President? What was he sad about?

3. What made the ordinary people of the country realize that in the White House there was a great President and a great man?

4. In the end, how did the young soldier pay the bill?

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