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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does David Herold regret that Lincoln must die?
(a) He believes his wife will go mad.
(b) He thinks he is a good man at heart.
(c) He finds him pleasant-looking.
(d) He knows he has young sons.

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

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

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

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

7. On what day does Lincoln arrive in Washington?
(a) January 1, 1860.
(b) April 15, 1865.
(c) February 23, 1861.
(d) December 31, 1914.

8. Who stalks Lincoln as he walks to church with Seward?
(a) Thomas Paterson.
(b) Mary Surratt.
(c) David Herold.
(d) John Wilkes Booth.

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

10. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.
(a) Johnson.
(b) Woodburne.
(c) Chase.
(d) Blair.

11. How does Mrs. Lincoln respond to Col. Ellsworth's body being laid out at the White House?
(a) She collapses to the floor with one of her headaches.
(b) She orchestrates a fitting tribute.
(c) She organizes a wake for family and friends.
(d) She refuses to let the body into the White House.

12. What is the plan of the Southern states?
(a) To secede from the Union.
(b) To become more industrial.
(c) To abolish slavery.
(d) To form agricultural co-ops.

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

14. What does Seward think will happen to Lincoln?
(a) He will be assassinated.
(b) He will be kidnapped.
(c) He will have a heart attack.
(d) He will be impeached.

15. Who is Emilie Helm?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln's half-sister.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln's social secretary.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln's seamstress.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln's best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is entertained by Annie Surratt?

2. Why has Lincoln arrived in Washington in great secrecy?

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

4. Who does Chase want excluded from a position in Lincoln's cabinet?

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

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