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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 describes giving his mistress diamonds and pearls, though she later left him for Mr. Hollyfen in Chapter 65?
(a) Tobian Clearly.
(b) Maureen H. Hedges.
(c) Robert G. Twistings.
(d) Marshall Turnbull.

2. Who is the nightwatchman that appears in Chapter 67?
(a) Mr. Manders.
(b) Tobian Clearly.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Robert G. Twistings.

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

4. What does Mr. Bevins describe the experience of stepping into Lincoln as being like in Chapter 45?
(a) Riding on a horse at dusk.
(b) Walking into traffic.
(c) Stepping into fresh snowfall.
(d) Stepping into a summer barn at night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims that his brilliant unpublished tomes were burned in Chapter 65?

2. Whose account of the Lincoln home is described in Chapter 56?

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

4. Where does the Reverend Thomas say his family ate for his funeral meal in Chapter 61?

5. Who is described in Chapter 53 as raging in frustration at drunken Anatomy students?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Reverend Thomas describe of his transformation in Chapter 80?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How have the spirits of the bardo changed in apperance after occupying Lincoln in Chapter 77?

10. What are the prides of Professor Edmund Bloomer and Lawrence T. Decroix?

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