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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. David Herold is told to watch for Lincoln's movements and _____________________.
(a) Social schedule.
(b) Dinner guests.
(c) Travel companions.
(d) A chance to poison his medications.

2. Which Union general proves incapable of overall command in Chapter 6?
(a) Buford.
(b) Grant.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Burnside.

3. What is the controversy surrounding Robert Lincoln during this time?
(a) Why he indulges his mother's hysterics.
(b) Why he undermines his father's political strategies.
(c) Why he is not married.
(d) Why he is not in the war.

4. Who is the general with whom Lincoln is frustrated in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) General Rutherford.
(b) General Halleck.
(c) General Grant.
(d) General Buford.

5. By what method does Herold often think of killing Lincoln?
(a) Shooting him.
(b) Stabbing him.
(c) Strangling him.
(d) Poisoning him.

6. Where does Lincoln spent a vast amount of time following the Battle of Gettysburg?
(a) The Willard Hotel.
(b) The White House gardens.
(c) The White House chapel.
(d) The War Department Telegraph Room.

7. How is Mrs. Lincoln harmed when she is victim of an assassination plot aimed for her husband?
(a) She is poisoned.
(b) She is shot.
(c) She is thrown from a carriage.
(d) She is mobbed on the street.

8. Why does Mrs. Lincoln visit a wounded corporal from Lexington, Kentucky?
(a) She got a psychic message to do it.
(b) She made a promise to his mother.
(c) She had known him as a boy.
(d) She wants the media attention.

9. Who sets out on a week-long debauch after Kate's party?
(a) David Herold.
(b) John Hay.
(c) Secretary Steward.
(d) George McClellan.

10. Which of the following is NOT a topic of conversation at Kate Chase's party?
(a) McClellan's new strategy.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln's runaway spending.
(c) White House leaks.
(d) The price of coffee.

11. What famous document is written in Chapter 10?
(a) The Hayes Act.
(b) The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) Amendment Ten.

12. How many men is Lincoln forced to call up in Chapter 6?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 50,00.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 500,000.

13. As what does Mrs. Lincoln justify her overspending?
(a) No self control.
(b) Boredom.
(c) A benefit to future generations.
(d) She has the right as First Lady.

14. Whose death plunges Mrs. Lincoln to the brink of madness in Chapter 4?
(a) Eddie's.
(b) Willie's.
(c) Tad's.
(d) Robert's.

15. What request does Herndon make of Lincoln?
(a) A character reference for a background check.
(b) An appointment in Lincoln's Cabinet.
(c) A loan to set up practice in Washington.
(d) A Federal job for his future brother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Lincoln while riding to the Soldiers Home in Chapter 6?

2. Which notable poet seeks a Federal job?

3. What does Lincoln think when he is shot at again on the way to the Soldiers Home?

4. Who does Sickles think is Wikoff's source of information?

5. What document does Lincoln plan to issue?

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