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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. Who administers the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Roger K. Holmes.
(b) Roger B. Taney.
(c) Salmon P. Chase.
(d) David P. Taney.

2. Why has Lincoln arrived in Washington in great secrecy?
(a) He wants to avoid big crowds.
(b) He wants to avoid the media.
(c) There is a plot against his life.
(d) He wants to surprise his family.

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

4. How does President Buchanan feel about leaving office?
(a) He is angry that he was not re-elected.
(b) He is jealous of Lincoln.
(c) He wishes he had more time.
(d) He is happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald?

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

3. Who do the rebels think is the real boss in the U.S. government?

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

5. Who does Chase want excluded from a position in Lincoln's cabinet?

(see the answer key)

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