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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Mrs. Lincoln spend much of her time?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Praying.
(c) Tutoring.
(d) Redecorating.

2. Chase and Seward agree between themselves that Lincoln must let them run the government as a ____________.
(a) oligarchy.
(b) city state.
(c) socialist state.
(d) consulate.

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

4. Why is a secret Cabinet meeting held in the Naval Department?
(a) To avoid spies.
(b) It has a room big enough to hold everyone.
(c) The Cabinet offices are being painted.
(d) To discuss naval strategy.

5. What is the coded message that David Herold carries across the river?
(a) "The cock crows at the hour of Lucifer's awakening."
(b) "Lucifer, the son of morning, and Satan."
(c) "Lucifer, god of the just and keeper of armaments."
(d) "Lucifer, the god of the reviled, and downtrodden."

6. Why does William Howard Russell, a London Times correspondent, think the South will win the war?
(a) It has better weapons.
(b) It is more highly motivated.
(c) It has more troops.
(d) It has West Point generals.

7. Why has Lincoln arrived in Washington in great secrecy?
(a) He wants to avoid the media.
(b) There is a plot against his life.
(c) He wants to avoid big crowds.
(d) He wants to surprise his family.

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

9. What do the people of Virginia do on the first day of the battle in Virginia?
(a) Escape to Philadelphia.
(b) Take picnic lunches to watch the battle.
(c) Hold war parades.
(d) Hide in their basements.

10. With whom does Lincoln side when believing that black men are not inferior to white men?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

11. What order does Lincoln issue about Fort Sumter in Chapter 11?
(a) Re-supply it.
(b) Surrender it.
(c) Attack it.
(d) Burn it.

12. Who is known for drifting off during important discussions?
(a) Samuel P. Chase.
(b) Samuel P. Chesterson.
(c) Saul P. Chase.
(d) Salmon P. Chase.

13. What is the river that David Herold crosses on his first mission as a rebel courier?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Potomac.

14. Where is Lincoln taken upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Willard's Hotel.
(b) Ford's Theater.
(c) The Captiol Building.
(d) The White House.

15. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Ellen Surratt.
(b) Mary Stewart.
(c) Mary Scirocco.
(d) Mary Surratt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seward think will happen to Lincoln?

2. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?

3. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?

4. What does Lincoln carelessly misplace in Chapter 19?

5. Who is the U.S. president that Lincoln succeeds?

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