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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?
(a) David Herold.
(b) Kate Chase.
(c) Lincoln's bodyguard.
(d) The White House doorkeeper.

3. Part 1, Chapters 1-7 focus on the days between Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, D.C. and ________.
(a) His inauguration.
(b) The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) His assassination.

4. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?
(a) Chief of Staff.
(b) Chief Justice.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Attorney General.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who is Bettie Duval?
(a) A Civil War nurse.
(b) A Civil War photographer.
(c) A famous prostitute.
(d) A Southern night rider.

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

15. What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald?
(a) Lincoln's secret message to Congress.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln's redecorating bills.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?

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

3. What has no other U.S. President ever had to face?

4. What is the main event in Part 1, Chapter 8?

5. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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