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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. How can David Herold best be described?
(a) Emotional time bomb.
(b) Common and fatalistic.
(c) Intelligent and optimistic.
(d) Serene and calm.

2. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?
(a) Thomas Jefferson's speeches.
(b) The budget for White House renovations.
(c) The etiquette for entertaining visiting heads of state.
(d) The president's wartime powers.

3. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Droll humor.
(c) Fatalism.
(d) Overweight.

4. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?
(a) Entertaining slaves.
(b) Redecorating the White House.
(c) Hiring Russian servants.
(d) Funding the Underground Railroad.

5. What is the name of the plan which called for Seward to run the government with Lincoln as a figurehead?
(a) Shadow Plan.
(b) Transition Plan.
(c) Albany Plany.
(d) Schnectady Plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David Herold regret that Lincoln must die?

2. Who is Salmon P. Chase's daughter?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Kate Chase's relationship with her father?

4. Who is the defeated rival who visits Lincoln and calls for militiamen to defend Washington?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of Lincoln's sons?

(see the answer key)

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