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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 does Lincoln order the U.S. marshals to do?
(a) Raid telegraph offices to determine spies.
(b) Arrest any conspirators.
(c) Shoot rioters.
(d) Set up roadblocks around Washington.

2. Who do the rebels think is the real boss in the U.S. government?
(a) Seward.
(b) Hay.
(c) Chase.
(d) Johnson.

3. Who is known for drifting off during important discussions?
(a) Samuel P. Chase.
(b) Samuel P. Chesterson.
(c) Saul P. Chase.
(d) Salmon P. Chase.

4. Chase and Seward agree between themselves that Lincoln must let them run the government as a ____________.
(a) socialist state.
(b) oligarchy.
(c) city state.
(d) consulate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of Lincoln's sons?

3. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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