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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. Part 1, Chapters 1-7 focus on the days between Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, D.C. and ________.
(a) His inauguration.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Gettysburg Address.
(d) His assassination.

2. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?
(a) Chief Justice.
(b) Chief of Staff.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) Secretary of State.

3. What would Lincoln give up if it were possible?
(a) Coffee.
(b) His job.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Alcohol.

4. What is the exemption fee for a man to stay out of the war?
(a) $500.
(b) $300.
(c) $50.
(d) $1000.

5. What are Lincoln's thoughts in the 100 days prior to the election of 1864?
(a) He has a real lust for more power.
(b) He must finish what he was placed here to do.
(c) He thinks only of his boys.
(d) He knows he will be killed before the election.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of Virginia do on the first day of the battle in Virginia?

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

3. Lincoln has evolved into a(n) ___________ in Chapter 5.

4. What is the nature of a crisis with Great Britain?

5. Why do the conspirators want Lincoln shot prior to the election?

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