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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Mary Surratt.
(b) Mary Scirocco.
(c) Mary Stewart.
(d) Ellen Surratt.

2. Who does Chase want excluded from a position in Lincoln's cabinet?
(a) Anyone who has not served on the Supreme Court.
(b) Anyone who did not go to West Point.
(c) Anyone under the age of 60.
(d) Anyone from a slave-holding state.

3. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?
(a) High-ranking military men defect.
(b) Telegraph and railroad lines are cut.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln has tuberculosis.
(d) Rebel forces surround Washington.

4. Salmon P. Chase is visited by Henry D. and _________ Cooke to discuss Lincoln and cabinet posts.
(a) Jay.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Clay.
(d) Harlan.

5. Why does David Herold regret that Lincoln must die?
(a) He finds him pleasant-looking.
(b) He believes his wife will go mad.
(c) He thinks he is a good man at heart.
(d) He knows he has young sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salmon P. Chase propose to pay for a war?

2. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?

3. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?

4. Who escorts Lincoln on a tour of Washington?

5. What is the plan of the Southern states?

(see the answer key)

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