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

2. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?
(a) Quiet.
(b) At war.
(c) Riotous.
(d) Boisterous.

3. Who owns the whorehouse that John Hay visits after the inaugural ball?
(a) Sally Albers.
(b) Sal Austin.
(c) Sal Houston.
(d) Sara Allen.

4. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.
(a) a waste of time.
(b) the moral choice.
(c) a religious imperative.
(d) a military necessity.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln's physical presence at this point in the war?
(a) Half-shut left eye.
(b) Sallow.
(c) Hand tremor.
(d) Robust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Republicans want Lincoln to nominate as a candidate for president instead of himself?

2. Who is Lincoln's former law partner?

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

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

5. Why is a secret Cabinet meeting held in the Naval Department?

(see the answer key)

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