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

2. Who is said to have written Accidental Jehovah: Will, Focus, and the Great Deed?
(a) Robert G. Twistings.
(b) Stephen Sears.
(c) Kristen Toles.
(d) Theodore Blasgen.

3. Who is Tobin "Badger" Muller's wife?
(a) Edna.
(b) Elise.
(c) Anna.
(d) Emma.

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

5. Who is the doctor that ssured Lincoln that Willie would recover?
(a) Dr. Sloane.
(b) Dr. Sears.
(c) Dr. Wilson.
(d) Dr. Farwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attributed with writing Letters of a Union Fellow in Chapter 70?

2. What word in Chapter 46 refers to a person or thing that is detested or loathed?

3. Who is the nightwatchman that appears in Chapter 67?

4. Who are listed as the compilers and editors of “That Terrible Glory: A Collection of Civil War Letters from the Men Who Fought It" in Chapter 47?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bevins and Vollman once cause a wedding?

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

3. How do Mr. Bevins and Mr. Vollman go about occupying Mr. Lincoln in Chapter 44?

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

5. Who is Benjamin ("Benjy") and why is he mentioned by Mr. and Mrs. Baron in Chapter 65?

6. How did Elson Farwell die?

7. What does the lock and key in Lincoln's pocket represent?

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

9. What is the focus on the excerpts in Chapter 47?

10. What is described in the account of Paul Riles, White House guard in Chapter 57?

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