Making Inferences in Informational Texts: Mastery Test adapted from Lincoln the Great by Wired W. McClayWhen standing before the Lincoln Memorial, we shouldremember the depth and breadth of Lincoln's unpopularityduring his entire time in office. Few great leaders have beenmore comprehensively disdained or loathed-orunderestimated. The low Southern view of him, of course, wasto be expected, but it was widely shared north of theMason-Oxon line. As David Donald put it, Lincoln's ownassociates thought him a simple Susan, a baboon, an aimlesspunster, a smutty joker he was in the view of the abolitionistWendell Phillips, a Thuckster in politics" and "a first-ratesecond-rate man"When he delivered the Gettysburg Addressone of the great speeches of human history, he was completelyshadowed by the two-hour-long speech of famed oratorEdward Everett that preceded his. There was little or noapplause for him as he concluded his two-minute speech andsat downa person who argues against the institution of slaverysalesman who uses aggressive, showy, devious methods topromote a product.What can the reader infer from Phillips' description that Lincoln was a first-rate second-rate man?From Phillips description, the reader can infer that Lincoln was:_____president.A. An ordinary man but an outstanding
B. And unlikable man and an unlikely
C. And add mirable person but an unremarkable
D. A worthy man and a worthy