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

2. Who does Lincoln meet at Willard's Hotel and who agrees to be Secretary of State?
(a) William H. Seward.
(b) William H. Steward.
(c) Walter H. Stewart.
(d) Walter F. Seward.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does Lincoln turn to the crowd and emphasize while taking the oath of office?

2. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?

3. On what day does Lincoln arrive in Washington?

4. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?

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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