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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which general does Lincoln order to take command after McDowell's retreat?
(a) General Grant.
(b) General Chamberlain.
(c) General Burnside.
(d) General McClellan.

2. Chapter 4 sees the arrival of Lincoln's secretaries, John Hay and ________________.
(a) John George Paul.
(b) Nicholas Nickleby.
(c) John George Nicolay.
(d) Nikolai Surratt.

3. What is the main event in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Lincoln's funeral.
(b) Lincoln's visit to Antietam.
(c) Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
(d) Lincoln's inauguration.

4. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.
(a) a military necessity.
(b) the moral choice.
(c) a waste of time.
(d) a religious imperative.

5. On what grounds does Seward think Lincoln can be impeached?
(a) Treason.
(b) Military aggression.
(c) Sexual impropriety.
(d) Insanity.

6. Which of the following does NOT describe Kate Chase's relationship with her father?
(a) Cook.
(b) Soul mate.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Councilor.

7. Who does Chase want excluded from a position in Lincoln's cabinet?
(a) Anyone who did not go to West Point.
(b) Anyone who has not served on the Supreme Court.
(c) Anyone from a slave-holding state.
(d) Anyone under the age of 60.

8. Part 1, Chapters 1-7 focus on the days between Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, D.C. and ________.
(a) His assassination.
(b) The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) His inauguration.

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

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

11. How can Lincoln's inaugural parade best be characterized?
(a) Non-existent.
(b) Celebratory.
(c) Short.
(d) Frugal.

12. Who is the scandalous reporter for the New York Herald?
(a) Jacques Wyatt.
(b) Chevalier Wikoff.
(c) Chace Adams.
(d) John Hay.

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

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

15. What is the name of the plan which called for Seward to run the government with Lincoln as a figurehead?
(a) Transition Plan.
(b) Schnectady Plan.
(c) Albany Plany.
(d) Shadow Plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who administers the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln?

2. Who meets Lincoln at the train station in Washington, D.C.?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln at the inaugural ball?

4. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?

5. Which of the following is NOT true about the new Congress?

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