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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. Who sets out on a week-long debauch after Kate's party?
(a) George McClellan.
(b) John Hay.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Secretary Steward.

2. How does Mrs. Lincoln respond to Col. Ellsworth's body being laid out at the White House?
(a) She orchestrates a fitting tribute.
(b) She refuses to let the body into the White House.
(c) She collapses to the floor with one of her headaches.
(d) She organizes a wake for family and friends.

3. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.
(a) Chase.
(b) Woodburne.
(c) Blair.
(d) Johnson.

4. Who arrives on the train with Lincoln's secretaries?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) John Wilkes Booth.

5. Who is Emilie Helm?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln's best friend.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln's social secretary.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln's seamstress.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln's half-sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Lincoln attempt to talk to Willie after his death?

2. What is the name of the plan which called for Seward to run the government with Lincoln as a figurehead?

3. What is the date of Lincoln's inauguration?

4. Who is the U.S. president that Lincoln succeeds?

5. What has no other U.S. President ever had to face?

(see the answer key)

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