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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. Why is Mrs. Lincoln so upset in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Robert Lincoln is dating a woman of ill repute.
(b) The Joint Committee has obtained a copy of Wikoff's telegram.
(c) Mr. Lincoln has threatened to divorce her if she does not curtail her spending.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln has been shunned from all the holiday parties on the social scene.

2. From whose perspective is Part 1, Chapter 8 NOT viewed?
(a) Salmon P. Chase.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) The presidential secretaries.
(d) The conspirators.

3. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.
(a) a military necessity.
(b) the moral choice.
(c) a religious imperative.
(d) a waste of time.

4. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) Chief of Staff.
(c) Chief Justice.
(d) Secretary of State.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sets out on a week-long debauch after Kate's party?

2. The conspirators want Herold to __________________.

3. What is the date of Lincoln's inauguration?

4. How does Salmon P. Chase propose to pay for a war?

5. How much debt has Mrs. Lincoln incurred for the White House at this time?

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