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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has no other U.S. President ever had to face?
(a) The threat of Civil War.
(b) Massive national debt.
(c) Personal financial ruin.
(d) Conspiracy plots.

3. What is the controversy surrounding Robert Lincoln during this time?
(a) Why he indulges his mother's hysterics.
(b) Why he is not in the war.
(c) Why he undermines his father's political strategies.
(d) Why he is not married.

4. Who does Lincoln meet at Willard's Hotel and who agrees to be Secretary of State?
(a) Walter H. Stewart.
(b) William H. Seward.
(c) William H. Steward.
(d) Walter F. Seward.

5. Who is the general with whom Lincoln is frustrated in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) General Grant.
(b) General Buford.
(c) General Rutherford.
(d) General Halleck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Kate Chase's relationship with her father?

3. Why is Mrs. Lincoln removed from the room where Lincoln lies mortally wounded?

4. What topic does Sprague talk about when he takes Kate riding?

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

(see the answer key)

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