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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41 – 63.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What work by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. is cited in Chapter 1?
(a) Twenty Days.
(b) Mr. Lincoln’s Washington.
(c) Rise to Greatness.
(d) Our Capital in Time of War.

3. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children is described as being nervous after having submitted a poem in Chapter 27?
(a) Elsa.
(b) Alice.
(c) Sara.
(d) Margaret.

4. For how long did Mrs. Lincoln stay in bed following her son's funeral?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 12 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 10 days.

5. Who succeeded President Pierce?
(a) President Lincoln.
(b) President Buchanan.
(c) President Polk.
(d) President Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War?

2. What word from Chapter 32 refers to harsh and jarring sounds due to a lack of harmony?

3. Where does the Reverend Thomas say the red-bearded man he encountered after his death was from in Chapter 61?

4. Who insisted that Binlay was the finest house in Washington?

5. How old was the narrator's bride in Chapter 1 when they married?

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