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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does John Hay frequently spend time?
(a) Ministers.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Lobbyists.
(d) Abolitionists.

2. Who meets with smugglers to discuss how easy it would be to kill Lincoln?
(a) Duvall.
(b) Seward.
(c) Wikoff.
(d) McClellan.

3. Who is Mrs. Laury?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln's spiritual medium.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln's hair stylist.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln's social secretary.

4. Who does Sickles think is Wikoff's source of information?
(a) Bettie Duvall.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Annie Surratt.

5. Who is the defeated rival who visits Lincoln and calls for militiamen to defend Washington?
(a) Stephen Douglas.
(b) John Hay.
(c) Salmon P. Chase.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?

2. What is the South fighting for in the Civil War?

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

4. The conspirators want Herold to __________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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