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

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

3. Who wrote The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: The Story of America’s Most Reviled President?
(a) Tobian Clearly.
(b) Larry Tagg.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Stephen Sears.

4. Herndon’s Informants is said to detail whose account in Chapter 72?
(a) Theodore Blasgen's.
(b) Robert G. Twistings'.
(c) E. G. Frame's.
(d) Mary Lincoln's.

5. Who is the fictional author attributed as having written “The Great War, as Described by Its Warriors"?
(a) Marshall Turnbull.
(b) Elson Farwell.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Margaret Garrett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who describes being molested by Mr. Johns Melburn in Chapter 65?

2. Who is the slave who speaks in a complicated and elaborate manner in Chapter 66?

3. What word from Chapter 60 means irresponsible?

4. Who is the doctor that ssured Lincoln that Willie would recover?

5. What sensation does Hans Vollman describe when sitting inside of Lincoln in Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willie's suit symbolize in the novel?

2. Why do Vollman and Bevins try to persuade Lincoln to return to the mausoleum in Chapter 51?

3. How are the Crutcher brothers and Mr. and Mrs. Reedy described?

4. How did Elson Farwell die?

5. How is the experience of being in Lincoln described in Chapter 49?

6. To what does Lance Durning attest in Chapter 65?

7. What obstacle presents itself to Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman in Chapter 68?

8. To what sin does Captain William Prince confess? To whom does he confess?

9. What do Vollman and Bevins realize about the passage of time in Chapter 55?

10. What regrets are presented in Chapter 48?

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