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

2. How can Mrs. Lincoln's personality best be described?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Retiring.

3. How is Mrs. Lincoln harmed when she is victim of an assassination plot aimed for her husband?
(a) She is poisoned.
(b) She is shot.
(c) She is thrown from a carriage.
(d) She is mobbed on the street.

4. 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.

5. What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln's redecorating bills.
(b) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
(c) Lincoln's secret message to Congress.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln think when he is shot at again on the way to the Soldiers Home?

2. What office does Kate Chase expect her father to attain in 1864?

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

4. What happens to Lincoln while riding to the Soldiers Home in Chapter 6?

5. Who stalks Lincoln as he walks to church with Seward?

(see the answer key)

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