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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?
(a) The budget for White House renovations.
(b) The president's wartime powers.
(c) Thomas Jefferson's speeches.
(d) The etiquette for entertaining visiting heads of state.

2. What does Lincoln declare to be his first priority in Chapter 13?
(a) Introduce his Cabinet members.
(b) Control Mrs. Lincoln's spending.
(c) Declare a Civil War.
(d) Guard against sympathizers in the government.

3. Who arrives on the train with Lincoln's secretaries?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) John Wilkes Booth.

4. Who owns the whorehouse that John Hay visits after the inaugural ball?
(a) Sally Albers.
(b) Sara Allen.
(c) Sal Houston.
(d) Sal Austin.

5. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?
(a) Maine.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Rhode Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Lincoln side when believing that black men are not inferior to white men?

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

3. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?

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

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln at the inaugural ball?

(see the answer key)

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