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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. Which of the following does NOT apply to General Grant?
(a) He is tried for treason.
(b) He becomes the first lieutenant general since George Washington.
(c) He refuses to make his headquarters in Washington.
(d) He insists he has no political interests.

2. Whose marriage proposal does Kate Chase accept?
(a) Hay's.
(b) Sprague's.
(c) Stone's.
(d) Herold's.

3. Who is overwhelmed by Kate Chase's beauty?
(a) William Sprague.
(b) John Surratt.
(c) David Herold.
(d) John Hay.

4. With whom does John Hay frequently spend time?
(a) Abolitionists.
(b) Ministers.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Lobbyists.

5. Why has Lincoln arrived in Washington in great secrecy?
(a) He wants to avoid big crowds.
(b) He wants to surprise his family.
(c) He wants to avoid the media.
(d) There is a plot against his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the general with whom Lincoln is frustrated in Part 2, Chapter 7?

2. Who was Abraham Lincoln's Democratic opponent in 1864?

3. What do the people of Virginia do on the first day of the battle in Virginia?

4. How can Mrs. Lincoln's personality best be described?

5. What industry in England is pushing to recognize the Confederacy?

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