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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. Who is known for drifting off during important discussions?
(a) Salmon P. Chase.
(b) Saul P. Chase.
(c) Samuel P. Chesterson.
(d) Samuel P. Chase.

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

3. Who administers the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Roger K. Holmes.
(b) Roger B. Taney.
(c) David P. Taney.
(d) Salmon P. Chase.

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

5. What topic does Sprague talk about when he takes Kate riding?
(a) His military strategy.
(b) The shortage of cotton for New England mills.
(c) His new stable of horses.
(d) The fashions coming out of Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does President Buchanan feel about leaving office?

3. What do conspirators Annie Surrat and David Herold call Lincoln?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of Lincoln's sons?

5. Chase and Seward agree between themselves that Lincoln must let them run the government as a ____________.

(see the answer key)

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