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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chevalier Wikoff offer to give the U.S. government if his son receives a naval commission?
(a) A yacht.
(b) An island.
(c) One million dollars.
(d) A gold mine.

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

3. Chase and Seward agree between themselves that Lincoln must let them run the government as a ____________.
(a) socialist state.
(b) consulate.
(c) oligarchy.
(d) city state.

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

5. 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.

6. Which of the following is NOT true about the new Congress?
(a) Women will be given five seats.
(b) It is largely Republican.
(c) It is abolitionist.
(d) It will be all-Northern.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Who owns the whorehouse that John Hay visits after the inaugural ball?
(a) Sal Houston.
(b) Sara Allen.
(c) Sally Albers.
(d) Sal Austin.

12. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?
(a) At war.
(b) Boisterous.
(c) Riotous.
(d) Quiet.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Salmon P. Chase is visited by Henry D. and _________ Cooke to discuss Lincoln and cabinet posts.

2. What order does Lincoln issue about Fort Sumter in Chapter 11?

3. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.

4. Who escorts Lincoln on a tour of Washington?

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

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