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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which notable poet seeks a Federal job?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) David Thoreau.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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

3. Which famous Civil War battle takes place in Chapter 12?
(a) Shiloh.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Antietam.
(d) Gettysburg.

4. What does Lincoln carelessly misplace in Chapter 19?
(a) The Gettysburg Address.
(b) His eyeglasses.
(c) His passport.
(d) A secret message for Congress.

5. On what day does Lincoln arrive in Washington?
(a) January 1, 1860.
(b) December 31, 1914.
(c) February 23, 1861.
(d) April 15, 1865.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?

4. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.

5. Where does David Herold take a job?

(see the answer key)

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