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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. How can Mrs. Lincoln's personality best be described?
(a) Retiring.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Emotional.

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

3. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?
(a) Quiet.
(b) At war.
(c) Riotous.
(d) Boisterous.

4. How can David Herold best be described?
(a) Intelligent and optimistic.
(b) Serene and calm.
(c) Emotional time bomb.
(d) Common and fatalistic.

5. What is the plan of the Southern states?
(a) To become more industrial.
(b) To form agricultural co-ops.
(c) To secede from the Union.
(d) To abolish slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What premonitions does Lincoln have?

2. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?

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

4. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.

5. What does Lincoln carelessly misplace in Chapter 19?

(see the answer key)

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