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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Maine.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. How does Mrs. Lincoln respond to Col. Ellsworth's body being laid out at the White House?
(a) She collapses to the floor with one of her headaches.
(b) She organizes a wake for family and friends.
(c) She orchestrates a fitting tribute.
(d) She refuses to let the body into the White House.

3. What does Seward think will happen to Lincoln?
(a) He will be assassinated.
(b) He will be kidnapped.
(c) He will be impeached.
(d) He will have a heart attack.

4. What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald?
(a) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
(b) Lincoln's secret message to Congress.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln's redecorating bills.

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

6. Who owns the whorehouse that John Hay visits after the inaugural ball?
(a) Sal Austin.
(b) Sal Houston.
(c) Sally Albers.
(d) Sara Allen.

7. Where is the body of Col. Ellsworth taken after he is killed?
(a) The Capitol building.
(b) The White House.
(c) His home in Alexandria.
(d) A mortuary.

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

9. Which of the following is NOT one of Lincoln's sons?
(a) Robert.
(b) Tad.
(c) Willie.
(d) George.

10. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?
(a) Kate Chase.
(b) David Herold.
(c) Lincoln's bodyguard.
(d) The White House doorkeeper.

11. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.
(a) Blair.
(b) Chase.
(c) Woodburne.
(d) Johnson.

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

13. What is the main event in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Lincoln's visit to Antietam.
(b) Lincoln's funeral.
(c) Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
(d) Lincoln's inauguration.

14. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?
(a) Boisterous.
(b) Riotous.
(c) At war.
(d) Quiet.

15. With what does Mrs. Lincoln spend much of her time?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Redecorating.
(c) Praying.
(d) Tutoring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does William Howard Russell, a London Times correspondent, think the South will win the war?

2. What order does Lincoln issue about Fort Sumter in Chapter 11?

3. Where does David Herold take a job?

4. What does William Seward harshly critique about Lincoln?

5. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?

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