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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the rebels think is the real boss in the U.S. government?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Hay.
(c) Chase.
(d) Seward.

2. Why does William Howard Russell, a London Times correspondent, think the South will win the war?
(a) It has West Point generals.
(b) It has more troops.
(c) It is more highly motivated.
(d) It has better weapons.

3. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Mary Scirocco.
(b) Mary Surratt.
(c) Ellen Surratt.
(d) Mary Stewart.

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

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln at the inaugural ball?
(a) Shaking hands absentmindedly.
(b) Getting used to protocol.
(c) Watching the dancing.
(d) Animated and laughing.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. Who administers the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Roger B. Taney.
(b) Roger K. Holmes.
(c) David P. Taney.
(d) Salmon P. Chase.

13. What office does Kate Chase expect her father to attain in 1864?
(a) Supreme Court Justice.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) U.S. President.

14. With what does Mrs. Lincoln spend much of her time?
(a) Praying.
(b) Tutoring.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Redecorating.

15. What city does Lincoln decide to strike before the Confederate Congress can begin?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Charleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does Lincoln turn to the crowd and emphasize while taking the oath of office?

2. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.

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

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

5. With whom does John Hay frequently spend time?

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