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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. Which word does Lincoln turn to the crowd and emphasize while taking the oath of office?
(a) States.
(b) God.
(c) Defend.
(d) Union.

2. What is the main event in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
(b) Lincoln's visit to Antietam.
(c) Lincoln's inauguration.
(d) Lincoln's funeral.

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

4. Chase and Seward agree between themselves that Lincoln must let them run the government as a ____________.
(a) consulate.
(b) socialist state.
(c) oligarchy.
(d) city state.

5. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?
(a) Rebel forces surround Washington.
(b) Telegraph and railroad lines are cut.
(c) High-ranking military men defect.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln has tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?

2. With whom does David Herold spend New Year's Eve 1861?

3. How can David Herold best be described?

4. Whose death plunges Mrs. Lincoln to the brink of madness in Chapter 4?

5. Where does John Wilkes Booth invite David Herold to work with him?

(see the answer key)

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