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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When did Millard Fillmore serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1850-1853.
(b) 1841-1845.
(c) 1823-1826.
(d) 1901-1905.

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

6. Who is attributed with writing Letters of a Union Fellow in Chapter 70?
(a) Robert G. Twistings.
(b) Tobian Clearly.
(c) Stephen Sears.
(d) Theodore Blasgen.

7. What word from Chapter 60 means irresponsible?
(a) Flatulent.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Pandering.
(d) Feckless.

8. Who was Thomas Havens's master?
(a) Tobian Clearly.
(b) Robert G. Twistings.
(c) Mr. Conner.
(d) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.

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

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

11. What is the narrator's relationship to the person he is addressing in Chapter 41?
(a) She is his mother.
(b) She is his sister.
(c) She is his wife.
(d) She is his daughter.

12. Who details the life of Litzy Wright in Chapter 66?
(a) Mrs. Francis Hodge.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Tobian Clearly.
(d) Thomas Havens.

13. Where does the Reverend Thomas say his family ate for his funeral meal in Chapter 61?
(a) The Blue Deacon.
(b) Prevey's.
(c) Anna's.
(d) The Carlton.

14. Who is described by Roger Bevins III as the decapitated fellow in Chapter 52?
(a) Elson Farwell.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Ellers.
(d) Marshall Turnbull.

15. Where was the Union victory that was posted publicly the day that Willie Lincoln died?
(a) For Orleans.
(b) Fort Jackson.
(c) Fort Donelson.
(d) For Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the nightwatchman's children?

2. What does the narrator call the statue of the bald man in Roman garb that he describes in Chapter 59?

3. Who attempts to drive the black former slaves across the fence in Chapter 66?

4. Who describes giving his mistress diamonds and pearls, though she later left him for Mr. Hollyfen in Chapter 65?

5. Whom does the narrator say died in the terrible fight in the opening of Chapter 41?

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