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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Prussian nobleman that attended the Lincolns' state dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Prince Felix Salm-Salm.
(b) Prince Everly Thomas.
(c) Prince Andrew II.
(d) Prince Xavier William Minx.

2. What word from Chapter 32 refers to harsh and jarring sounds due to a lack of harmony?
(a) Accent.
(b) Accoutremont.
(c) Discordant.
(d) Articulate.

3. What color skirt does Roger Bevins III describe Miranda Debb as favoring in Chapter 29?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. What does the narrator describe having happened to him on the day he and his wife plan to consummate their marriage in Chapter 1?
(a) He was hit by a train.
(b) A beam fell on him.
(c) He was hit by a car.
(d) He was shot in the back.

5. To whom is Jane Ellis speaking in the opening of Chapter 27?
(a) Thomas Havens.
(b) Mrs. Abigail Blass.
(c) Litzie.
(d) Elson Farwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage?

2. How old does the narrator say he was on his wedding day in Chapter 1?

3. Who wrote Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House?

4. Where was Queenie a prostitute?

5. What did Mrs. Tessenbaum do for many years after she was convinced she was manifesting in lingerie?

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