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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. With whom does John Hay frequently spend time?
(a) Lobbyists.
(b) Ministers.
(c) Abolitionists.
(d) Prostitutes.

2. Why is Lincoln assured of political victory in Chapter 6?
(a) He has the support of Union sympathisizers.
(b) Atlanta has been occupied by Union troops.
(c) He knows that no one likes McClellan.
(d) He had the best campagin manager.

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

4. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?
(a) The budget for White House renovations.
(b) The etiquette for entertaining visiting heads of state.
(c) Thomas Jefferson's speeches.
(d) The president's wartime powers.

5. What do conspirators Annie Surrat and David Herold call Lincoln?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Archfiend.
(c) Assassin.
(d) Hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the plan which called for Seward to run the government with Lincoln as a figurehead?

2. Where does Lincoln spent a vast amount of time following the Battle of Gettysburg?

3. Who arrives on the train with Lincoln's secretaries?

4. Who believes that one must experience hell before dying, not after?

5. What disease is McClellan purported to have?

(see the answer key)

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