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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. Who sets out on a week-long debauch after Kate's party?
(a) George McClellan.
(b) David Herold.
(c) John Hay.
(d) Secretary Steward.

2. 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.

3. What idea does Seward have for reuniting the North and the South?
(a) Impeaching Lincoln.
(b) A joint foreign war.
(c) Legalizing slavery.
(d) Huge tax credits.

4. Who is the U.S. president that Lincoln succeeds?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Buchanan.
(d) Roosevelt.

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the new Congress?
(a) Women will be given five seats.
(b) It will be all-Northern.
(c) It is largely Republican.
(d) It is abolitionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Confederacy has half the troops as the Union does and ______________.

2. Who is known for drifting off during important discussions?

3. With whom does David Herold spend New Year's Eve 1861?

4. Which general does Lincoln order to take command after McDowell's retreat?

5. Who is Mrs. Laury?

(see the answer key)

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