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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. Which general replaces General Hooker prior to the battle at Gettysburg?
(a) General Burnside.
(b) General Meade.
(c) General Buford.
(d) General Chamberlain.

2. Who was Abraham Lincoln's Democratic opponent in 1864?
(a) Grant.
(b) Rutherford.
(c) McClellan.
(d) Buford.

3. Who does David Herold kiss on New Year's Eve 1861?
(a) Mary Surratt.
(b) Bettie Duvall.
(c) Annie Surratt.
(d) Sara Lawson.

4. Why does Mary Lincoln not attend Kate Chase's wedding?
(a) She does not like Kate.
(b) She does not like her groom.
(c) She stays with Tad who is ill and delirious.
(d) She has a migraine.

5. From whose perspective is Part 1, Chapter 8 NOT viewed?
(a) The presidential secretaries.
(b) Salmon P. Chase.
(c) The conspirators.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Salmon P. Chase propose to pay for a war?

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

3. Why does Mrs. Lincoln visit a wounded corporal from Lexington, Kentucky?

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

5. Which word does Lincoln turn to the crowd and emphasize while taking the oath of office?

(see the answer key)

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