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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?
(a) Funding the Underground Railroad.
(b) Redecorating the White House.
(c) Entertaining slaves.
(d) Hiring Russian servants.

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

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

5. What topic does Sprague talk about when he takes Kate riding?
(a) His military strategy.
(b) The fashions coming out of Paris.
(c) The shortage of cotton for New England mills.
(d) His new stable of horses.

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

7. Where is the body of Col. Ellsworth taken after he is killed?
(a) The White House.
(b) A mortuary.
(c) His home in Alexandria.
(d) The Capitol building.

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

9. Which of the following is NOT one of Lincoln's sons?
(a) Tad.
(b) Willie.
(c) George.
(d) Robert.

10. Salmon P. Chase is visited by Henry D. and _________ Cooke to discuss Lincoln and cabinet posts.
(a) Clay.
(b) Harlan.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Jay.

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

12. Who is overwhelmed by Kate Chase's beauty?
(a) William Sprague.
(b) John Surratt.
(c) David Herold.
(d) John Hay.

13. Who arrives on the train with Lincoln's secretaries?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) John Wilkes Booth.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln.

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

15. How does Salmon P. Chase propose to pay for a war?
(a) Income tax.
(b) Borrow money from England.
(c) Fundraising.
(d) Tobacco tax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escorts Lincoln on a tour of Washington?

2. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?

3. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.

4. What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald?

5. Who owns the whorehouse that John Hay visits after the inaugural ball?

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