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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. What is the name of the plan which called for Seward to run the government with Lincoln as a figurehead?
(a) Schnectady Plan.
(b) Albany Plany.
(c) Transition Plan.
(d) Shadow Plan.

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

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

4. Why does Mary Lincoln not attend Kate Chase's wedding?
(a) She does not like Kate.
(b) She stays with Tad who is ill and delirious.
(c) She has a migraine.
(d) She does not like her groom.

5. What is the South fighting for in the Civil War?
(a) Independence.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Shipping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives on the train with Lincoln's secretaries?

2. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?

3. Who believes that one must experience hell before dying, not after?

4. On what day does Lincoln arrive in Washington?

5. What does Lincoln declare to be his first priority in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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