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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) April 15, 1865.
(b) March 4, 1861.
(c) January 21, 1861.
(d) May 12, 1862.

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

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

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

5. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Ellen Surratt.
(b) Mary Scirocco.
(c) Mary Surratt.
(d) Mary Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?

2. On what day does Lincoln arrive in Washington?

3. What does Lincoln order the U.S. marshals to do?

4. How does Salmon P. Chase propose to pay for a war?

5. What order does Lincoln issue about Fort Sumter in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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