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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is attributed with writing A Belle Remade: The Journey of Mary Lincoln in Chapter 58?
(a) Marshall Turnbull.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Kevin Swarney.
(d) Daniel Mark Epstein.

2. What word in Chapter 46 refers to a person or thing that is detested or loathed?
(a) Entreat.
(b) Cadaver.
(c) Anathema.
(d) Magnate.

3. Who is cited as the author of "These Battle Memories" in Chapter 47?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) Marshall Turnbull.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) First Lieutenant Daniel Brower.

4. Who is the slave who speaks in a complicated and elaborate manner in Chapter 66?
(a) Tobian Clearly.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Elson Farwell.
(d) Robert G. Twistings.

5. When was Minnesota admitted as a U.S. state?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1858.

6. Where does the Reverend Thomas say the red-bearded man he encountered after his death was from in Chapter 61?
(a) New York.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Maine.
(d) Illinois.

7. Who is attributed as the author of The Rudderless Ship: When Presidents Flounder?
(a) E. G. Frame.
(b) Maureen H. Hedges.
(c) Rose Milland.
(d) Stephen Sears.

8. Who claims that his brilliant unpublished tomes were burned in Chapter 65?
(a) Elton Traynor.
(b) Thomas Havens.
(c) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(d) Professor Edmund Bloomer.

9. Who attempts to drive the black former slaves across the fence in Chapter 66?
(a) Robert G. Twistings.
(b) Tobian Clearly.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.

10. Who was Roger Bevins III's family maid that he spoke unkindly to and was made to write her a letter?
(a) Sara.
(b) Marie.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Anna.

11. How old was Hans Vollman when he came to the bardo?
(a) 62.
(b) 32.
(c) 39.
(d) 46.

12. Whose account is described in They Knew Him, edited by Leonora Morehouse?
(a) Theodore Blasgen's.
(b) Maureen H. Hedges'.
(c) E. G. Frame's.
(d) Stephen Sears'.

13. When does the Reverend Thomas say he died in Chapter 61?
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) March.

14. Whose account is the focus of The Emergence of Lincoln: Prologue to the Civil War, 1859–1861 by Allan Nevins?
(a) Tobian Clearly's.
(b) Stephen Sears'.
(c) Robert G. Twistings'.
(d) Edward Everett's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Thomas Havens's master?

2. For how long did Mrs. Lincoln stay in bed following her son's funeral?

3. What character evolves into a being with multiple eyes, ears, noses, hands, etc. in Chapter 41?

4. Whose account is written in The War Years by Carl Sandburg?

5. Who describes herself as dumb in Chapter 65?

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