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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. What is the nature of a crisis with Great Britain?
(a) The seizure of U.S. mail boats.
(b) The export of textiles.
(c) The withdrawal of financing.
(d) The purchase of war ships.

2. What disease does David Herold pretend to have in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Mesothelioma.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Typhus.

3. Who sets out on a week-long debauch after Kate's party?
(a) George McClellan.
(b) John Hay.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Secretary Steward.

4. Why is a secret Cabinet meeting held in the Naval Department?
(a) It has a room big enough to hold everyone.
(b) The Cabinet offices are being painted.
(c) To discuss naval strategy.
(d) To avoid spies.

5. What premonitions does Lincoln have?
(a) Rocking his grandchildren.
(b) His premature death.
(c) Jefferson Davis sitting in the White House.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Confederacy has half the troops as the Union does and ______________.

2. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?

3. Where does David Herold take a job?

4. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.

5. How can David Herold best be described?

(see the answer key)

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