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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stalks Lincoln as he walks to church with Seward?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Mary Surratt.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Thomas Paterson.

2. 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.

3. Who does Chase want excluded from a position in Lincoln's cabinet?
(a) Anyone from a slave-holding state.
(b) Anyone who has not served on the Supreme Court.
(c) Anyone who did not go to West Point.
(d) Anyone under the age of 60.

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

5. With whom does Lincoln side when believing that black men are not inferior to white men?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?

3. What is the plan of the Southern states?

4. What does William Seward harshly critique about Lincoln?

5. Who is the U.S. president that Lincoln succeeds?

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