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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) Stephen Sears.
(b) Tobian Clearly.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Larry Tagg.

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

3. Who claims that his brilliant unpublished tomes were burned in Chapter 65?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Elton Traynor.
(c) Thomas Havens.
(d) Professor Edmund Bloomer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What machine does Roger Bevins III describe being invented during the war in Chapter 55?

2. Who details the life of Litzy Wright in Chapter 66?

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

4. Herndon’s Informants is said to detail whose account in Chapter 72?

5. When was John Tyler in office as President of the United States?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the outcome of the young lovers that is described in Chapter 77?

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

5. How did Elson Farwell die?

6. How does Mrs. Francis Hodge describe Litzie's life?

7. How do the protagonists manage to sway Lincoln from leaving in Chapter 77?

8. What regrets are presented in Chapter 48?

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

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

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