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

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

3. Who believes that one must experience hell before dying, not after?
(a) Secretary Steward.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln.

4. What is the river that David Herold crosses on his first mission as a rebel courier?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Potomac.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Delaware.

5. What do the people of Virginia do on the first day of the battle in Virginia?
(a) Hold war parades.
(b) Escape to Philadelphia.
(c) Take picnic lunches to watch the battle.
(d) Hide in their basements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 4 sees the arrival of Lincoln's secretaries, John Hay and ________________.

3. Salmon P. Chase is visited by Henry D. and _________ Cooke to discuss Lincoln and cabinet posts.

4. How can Mrs. Lincoln's personality best be described?

5. What does Mrs. Lincoln hold regularly?

(see the answer key)

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