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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Tessenbaum do for many years after she was convinced she was manifesting in lingerie?
(a) She wept.
(b) She hid behind a tree.
(c) She screamed endlessly.
(d) She sang.

2. What work is cited in Chapter 2 by David Von Drehle?
(a) The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage.
(b) Rise to Greatness.
(c) Mr. Lincoln’s Washington.
(d) All This Did I See: Memories of a Terrible Time.

3. How old does the narrator say he was on his wedding day in Chapter 1?
(a) 35.
(b) 29.
(c) 42.
(d) 46.

4. Who is described in Chapter 37 as having been kicked by a bull but still is looking forward to the dance?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Mr. Twood.
(c) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(d) Merkel.

5. The raining down of hats and laughter are described in Chapter 34 as the harbingers of whose approach?
(a) The approach of Abraham Lincoln.
(b) The approach of God.
(c) The approach of the Three Bachelors.
(d) The approach of the furies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man?

2. What color skirt does Roger Bevins III describe Miranda Debb as favoring in Chapter 29?

3. Who wrote Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865?

4. What word from Chapter 35 means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress?

5. Upon whose face does the Reverend Thomas place his hands in Chapter 29?

(see the answer key)

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