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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. What does Lincoln declare to be his first priority in Chapter 13?
(a) Control Mrs. Lincoln's spending.
(b) Introduce his Cabinet members.
(c) Declare a Civil War.
(d) Guard against sympathizers in the government.

2. Who is framed for leaking information to Wikoff?
(a) Secretary Steward.
(b) Kate Chase.
(c) David Herold.
(d) The White House groundskeeper.

3. Who becomes Lincoln's favorite general?
(a) McClellan.
(b) Grant.
(c) Burnside.
(d) Buford.

4. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Mary Surratt.
(b) Ellen Surratt.
(c) Mary Stewart.
(d) Mary Scirocco.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lincoln's running mate in 1864?

2. What does Chevalier Wikoff offer to give the U.S. government if his son receives a naval commission?

3. Chapter 4 sees the arrival of Lincoln's secretaries, John Hay and ________________.

4. Whose death plunges Mrs. Lincoln to the brink of madness in Chapter 4?

5. Lincoln is fatalistic about being shot but worries even more about __________________.

(see the answer key)

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