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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the plan which called for Seward to run the government with Lincoln as a figurehead?
(a) Schnectady Plan.
(b) Albany Plany.
(c) Transition Plan.
(d) Shadow Plan.

2. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?
(a) Lincoln's bodyguard.
(b) The White House doorkeeper.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Kate Chase.

3. What has no other U.S. President ever had to face?
(a) The threat of Civil War.
(b) Massive national debt.
(c) Personal financial ruin.
(d) Conspiracy plots.

4. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?
(a) Droll humor.
(b) Fatalism.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Exhausted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the whorehouse that John Hay visits after the inaugural ball?

2. Who is the scandalous reporter for the New York Herald?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Kate Chase's relationship with her father?

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

5. Who is known for drifting off during important discussions?

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