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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. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?
(a) Hiring Russian servants.
(b) Funding the Underground Railroad.
(c) Entertaining slaves.
(d) Redecorating the White House.

2. Salmon P. Chase is visited by Henry D. and _________ Cooke to discuss Lincoln and cabinet posts.
(a) Clay.
(b) Harlan.
(c) Jay.
(d) Christopher.

3. What office does Kate Chase expect her father to attain in 1864?
(a) U.S. President.
(b) Supreme Court Justice.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) Secretary of State.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Lincoln side when believing that black men are not inferior to white men?

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

3. Where is Lincoln taken upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.?

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

5. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?

(see the answer key)

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