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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can David Herold best be described?
(a) Emotional time bomb.
(b) Serene and calm.
(c) Common and fatalistic.
(d) Intelligent and optimistic.

2. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln has tuberculosis.
(b) Rebel forces surround Washington.
(c) Telegraph and railroad lines are cut.
(d) High-ranking military men defect.

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

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

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

6. Who is the noted Union officer shot dead in the invasion of Alexandria?
(a) Lieutenant Ashe.
(b) Col. Peabody.
(c) Col. Ellsworth.
(d) General Grant.

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

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

9. What does Lincoln think will be necessary in order to wage war?
(a) French loans.
(b) English warships.
(c) More armament plants.
(d) Conscription.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Lincoln order the U.S. marshals to do?
(a) Shoot rioters.
(b) Raid telegraph offices to determine spies.
(c) Arrest any conspirators.
(d) Set up roadblocks around Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln declare to be his first priority in Chapter 13?

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

3. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?

4. What office does Kate Chase expect her father to attain in 1864?

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

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