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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 15-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has no other U.S. President ever had to face?
(a) Massive national debt.
(b) Personal financial ruin.
(c) The threat of Civil War.
(d) Conspiracy plots.

2. With what does Mrs. Lincoln spend much of her time?
(a) Praying.
(b) Tutoring.
(c) Redecorating.
(d) Writing poetry.

3. What do conspirators Annie Surrat and David Herold call Lincoln?
(a) Hero.
(b) Assassin.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Archfiend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David Herold regret that Lincoln must die?

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

3. From whose perspective is Part 1, Chapter 8 NOT viewed?

4. Why does William Howard Russell, a London Times correspondent, think the South will win the war?

5. What city does Lincoln decide to strike before the Confederate Congress can begin?

(see the answer key)

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