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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. How does Salmon P. Chase propose to pay for a war?
(a) Tobacco tax.
(b) Income tax.
(c) Fundraising.
(d) Borrow money from England.

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

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

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

5. What city does Lincoln decide to strike before the Confederate Congress can begin?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Memphis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the river that David Herold crosses on his first mission as a rebel courier?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln at the inaugural ball?

3. What idea does Seward have for reuniting the North and the South?

4. What does Lincoln carelessly misplace in Chapter 19?

5. Who is entertained by Annie Surratt?

(see the answer key)

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