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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 meets with smugglers to discuss how easy it would be to kill Lincoln?
(a) Wikoff.
(b) Duvall.
(c) Seward.
(d) McClellan.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln at the inaugural ball?
(a) Shaking hands absentmindedly.
(b) Animated and laughing.
(c) Getting used to protocol.
(d) Watching the dancing.

3. What is the date of Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) May 12, 1862.
(b) January 21, 1861.
(c) March 4, 1861.
(d) April 15, 1865.

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

5. Where does David Herold take a job?
(a) Thompson's Pharmacy.
(b) Johnson Hardware.
(c) McMiller's Dry Goods.
(d) Avery Distillery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mrs. Lincoln harmed when she is victim of an assassination plot aimed for her husband?

2. Who is the defeated rival who visits Lincoln and calls for militiamen to defend Washington?

3. What is the river that David Herold crosses on his first mission as a rebel courier?

4. What is the plan of the Southern states?

5. Who is the scandalous reporter for the New York Herald?

(see the answer key)

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