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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the editor of the New York Tribune in 1864?
(a) Chevalier Wikoff.
(b) Horace Greeley.
(c) Edgar Harrison.
(d) Walt Whitman.

2. What name replaces the term "Republican Party" at the 1864 convention?
(a) National Union Party.
(b) National Republic Party.
(c) National Republican Party.
(d) Northern Republic Party.

3. Whose death plunges Mrs. Lincoln to the brink of madness in Chapter 4?
(a) Willie's.
(b) Eddie's.
(c) Robert's.
(d) Tad's.

4. What are Lincoln's thoughts in the 100 days prior to the election of 1864?
(a) He knows he will be killed before the election.
(b) He thinks only of his boys.
(c) He has a real lust for more power.
(d) He must finish what he was placed here to do.

5. What disease is McClellan purported to have?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?

2. What does Lincoln say that Southerners are in Chapter 5?

3. From whose perspective is Part 1, Chapter 8 NOT viewed?

4. Who do the rebels think is the real boss in the U.S. government?

5. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?

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