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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 15-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Salmon P. Chase's daughter?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Annie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Kate.

2. Chapter 4 sees the arrival of Lincoln's secretaries, John Hay and ________________.
(a) Nicholas Nickleby.
(b) Nikolai Surratt.
(c) John George Nicolay.
(d) John George Paul.

3. What do conspirators Annie Surrat and David Herold call Lincoln?
(a) Archfiend.
(b) Hero.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Assassin.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the new Congress?
(a) It is abolitionist.
(b) Women will be given five seats.
(c) It is largely Republican.
(d) It will be all-Northern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What office does Kate Chase expect her father to attain in 1864?

2. How does Mrs. Lincoln respond to Col. Ellsworth's body being laid out at the White House?

3. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?

4. Who is Bettie Duval?

5. What does Lincoln think will be necessary in order to wage war?

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