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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part 1, Chapters 1-7 focus on the days between Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, D.C. and ________.
(a) His assassination.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Gettysburg Address.
(d) His inauguration.

2. Who becomes Lincoln's favorite general?
(a) Burnside.
(b) Grant.
(c) McClellan.
(d) Buford.

3. Who is the noted Union officer shot dead in the invasion of Alexandria?
(a) General Grant.
(b) Lieutenant Ashe.
(c) Col. Ellsworth.
(d) Col. Peabody.

4. Who is the general with whom Lincoln is frustrated in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) General Rutherford.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General Halleck.
(d) General Buford.

5. How is Mrs. Lincoln harmed when she is victim of an assassination plot aimed for her husband?
(a) She is thrown from a carriage.
(b) She is poisoned.
(c) She is mobbed on the street.
(d) She is shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the coded message that David Herold carries across the river?

2. What objectionable plan does Lincoln propose about the slaves?

3. On what grounds does Seward think Lincoln can be impeached?

4. What does Lincoln carelessly misplace in Chapter 19?

5. Why is a secret Cabinet meeting held in the Naval Department?

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