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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) Hay.
(b) Chase.
(c) Seward.
(d) Johnson.

2. Who meets Lincoln at the train station in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Edward L. Washburn.
(b) Elihu B. Washburne.
(c) Elihu B. Woodborne.
(d) Elijah C. Washburne.

3. From whose perspective is Part 1, Chapter 8 NOT viewed?
(a) The presidential secretaries.
(b) Salmon P. Chase.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) The conspirators.

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

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

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

7. What has no other U.S. President ever had to face?
(a) Massive national debt.
(b) The threat of Civil War.
(c) Conspiracy plots.
(d) Personal financial ruin.

8. What order does Lincoln issue about Fort Sumter in Chapter 11?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Surrender it.
(c) Re-supply it.
(d) Attack it.

9. What do the people of Virginia do on the first day of the battle in Virginia?
(a) Take picnic lunches to watch the battle.
(b) Hold war parades.
(c) Escape to Philadelphia.
(d) Hide in their basements.

10. Which general does Lincoln order to take command after McDowell's retreat?
(a) General Chamberlain.
(b) General Grant.
(c) General McClellan.
(d) General Burnside.

11. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.
(a) the moral choice.
(b) a waste of time.
(c) a religious imperative.
(d) a military necessity.

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

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

14. Where is Lincoln taken upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Willard's Hotel.
(b) The White House.
(c) The Captiol Building.
(d) Ford's Theater.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does President Buchanan feel about leaving office?

2. What does Lincoln carelessly misplace in Chapter 19?

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

4. What is the coded message that David Herold carries across the river?

5. What does Chevalier Wikoff offer to give the U.S. government if his son receives a naval commission?

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