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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. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.
(a) Johnson.
(b) Woodburne.
(c) Blair.
(d) Chase.

2. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?
(a) Chief of Staff.
(b) Chief Justice.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Attorney General.

3. Who is the U.S. president that Lincoln succeeds?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Buchanan.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Roosevelt.

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

5. Where does David Herold take a job?
(a) McMiller's Dry Goods.
(b) Johnson Hardware.
(c) Avery Distillery.
(d) Thompson's Pharmacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the defeated rival who visits Lincoln and calls for militiamen to defend Washington?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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