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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What idea does Seward have for reuniting the North and the South?
(a) Legalizing slavery.
(b) Huge tax credits.
(c) A joint foreign war.
(d) Impeaching Lincoln.

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

4. By what method does Herold often think of killing Lincoln?
(a) Poisoning him.
(b) Strangling him.
(c) Shooting him.
(d) Stabbing him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Lincoln respond to Col. Ellsworth's body being laid out at the White House?

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

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

4. Which famous Civil War battle takes place in Chapter 12?

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

(see the answer key)

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