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Abraham Lincoln was the Vincent Van Gogh
16th President of the was born in Zundert,
United States. He was Netherlands on March
the child of an extremely 30, 1853. When he
poor family, so he didn’t was a young boy, he
go to school. He was enjoyed drawing.
largely self-educated and Before he decided to
taught himself law. He worked hard and work as an artist full
became a lawyer in 1836. In 1842, he time, he had many different jobs. He
got married to Mary Todd and they had was a teacher in London, a minister, he
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four sons. After he won the presidency worked in a bookstore, an art gallery
election, the Civil War began. This war and also worked as a missionary. He
was a fight between the North and the learned to draw using pencils and
South about slavery. He wanted to stop charcoal sticks. He used some
slavery in his country and finally he watercolors as well. One of his favourite
became successful about that. In 1865, subjects was to draw poor hardworking
he died the morning after being shot at people. Eventually he began to paint
Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. using oil paints. He was most famous
for Starry Night, The Bedroom, Irises
According to the biography, which and Sunflowers. He wasn’t famous
information cannot be correct about during his lifetime, today he is
Abraham Lincoln? considered one of the greatest and
most influential artists of his time.
A) He was a lawyer before he became
the president of the United States. Which one cannot be correct about Van
B) He had an extraordinary life and he Gogh according to the text?
was a clever and ambitious man. A) He had a number of other jobs before
he devoted himself completely to art.
C) President Lincoln died at the Ford’s
Theatre in Washington D.C. while B) He first started to draw pictures using
watching a play. pencils and charcoal sticks.
D) He was the president during the Civil C) He liked to draw poor hardworking
War and he helped end slavery. people when he first began painting.
D) He became very famous with his
paintings in the world before he died.
12 Architect Sinan was one of 14 Sir Alexander Fleming was a famous
the greatest of the Ottoman scientist. He discovered penicillin in 1928.
architects. ............ Selimiye He died on the eleventh of March, nineteen
Mosque. fifty-five.
Choose the best option to fill in the Which one is related to the underlined
blank. phrase in the sentence?
A) His most famous work is A) 1st of March, 1950
B) He didn’t want to build B) 11th of March, 1955
C) He became an engineer with C) 21st of March, 1945
D) His father’s name was D) 11th of March, 1855