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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the defeated rival who visits Lincoln and calls for militiamen to defend Washington?
(a) Stephen Douglas.
(b) Salmon P. Chase.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) John Hay.

2. What does Mrs. Lincoln hold regularly?
(a) Levee.
(b) Prayer meeting.
(c) Sewing circle.
(d) Book club meeting.

3. Who is entertained by Annie Surratt?
(a) David Harris.
(b) William McKenzie.
(c) David Herold.
(d) Harold Davidson.

4. What industry in England is pushing to recognize the Confederacy?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Banking.
(d) Textile.

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

6. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Fatalism.
(c) Droll humor.
(d) Overweight.

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

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

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

10. Which word does Lincoln turn to the crowd and emphasize while taking the oath of office?
(a) Union.
(b) States.
(c) God.
(d) Defend.

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

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

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

14. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Maine.
(d) Pennsylvania.

15. Who escorts Lincoln on a tour of Washington?
(a) William Surratt.
(b) Walter Hope.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) William Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?

2. What does Lincoln think will be necessary in order to wage war?

3. Who is Bettie Duval?

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Kate Chase's relationship with her father?

5. Who is overwhelmed by Kate Chase's beauty?

(see the answer keys)

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