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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives on the train with Lincoln's secretaries?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

2. Who stalks Lincoln as he walks to church with Seward?
(a) Mary Surratt.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) Thomas Paterson.
(d) David Herold.

3. How does President Buchanan feel about leaving office?
(a) He wishes he had more time.
(b) He is jealous of Lincoln.
(c) He is angry that he was not re-elected.
(d) He is happy.

4. What is the coded message that David Herold carries across the river?
(a) "Lucifer, god of the just and keeper of armaments."
(b) "Lucifer, the son of morning, and Satan."
(c) "The cock crows at the hour of Lucifer's awakening."
(d) "Lucifer, the god of the reviled, and downtrodden."

5. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.
(a) the moral choice.
(b) a military necessity.
(c) a religious imperative.
(d) a waste of time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Part 1, Chapters 1-7 focus on the days between Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, D.C. and ________.

3. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?

4. What do conspirators Annie Surrat and David Herold call Lincoln?

5. Who believes that one must experience hell before dying, not after?

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