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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the fictional author of Reckoning: An Insider’s Memories of Difficult Times?
(a) Tyron Philian.
(b) Maxwell Flagg.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) James Morgan.

2. Who is described as having been killed by the Rebs for tearing down the Rebel flag from a private in Chapter 33?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Mr. Twood.
(c) Col. Ellis.
(d) Mrs. Delaney.

3. What literary work is attributed to Ruth Painter Randall in the book?
(a) Our Capital in Time of War.
(b) Twenty Days.
(c) Lincoln’s Sons.
(d) Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House.

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

5. Who does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Traynor singing merrily in Chapter 32?
(a) "The Sun Rises Above the Clouds."
(b) "Amazing Grace."
(c) "A Heavy Bough Hung Down."
(d) "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the reverend that joins the others in the bardo?

2. Who is the author of Mr. Lincoln’s Washington?

3. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children is described as being nervous after having submitted a poem in Chapter 27?

4. Who was Abraham Lincoln's secretary during his first term?

5. How did Roger Bevins III attempt suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mr. Collier described in the novel?

2. How is the appearance of Roger Bevins III described in Chapter 9?

3. How is Mrs. Delaney's plight described in Chapter 31?

4. How does Roger Bevins III describe his suicide attempt in Chapter 9?

5. Who is Flanders Quinn and how is he described?

6. What are some examples of cited excerpts included in Chapters 3 and 4? What information do they relate?

7. Why do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman set out seeking Abraham Lincoln in Chapter 36?

8. What is the unnatural predilection that Roger Bevins III describes in Chapter 9?

9. What story does Elise Traynor relate to Willie in Chapter 13?

10. What does Lieutenant Cecil Stone describe of his life in Chapter 26?

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