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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease does David Herold pretend to have in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Mesothelioma.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Smallpox.

2. Whose face appears on the new U.S. dollar bill?
(a) Chase's.
(b) Seward's.
(c) Lincoln's.
(d) Blair's.

3. On what day does Part 2, Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Christmas Day 1861.
(b) The Fourth of July 1862.
(c) New Year's Day 1861.
(d) Easter Day 1861.

4. What is the exemption fee for a man to stay out of the war?
(a) $500.
(b) $50.
(c) $300.
(d) $1000.

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

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

7. Whose marriage proposal does Kate Chase accept?
(a) Herold's.
(b) Stone's.
(c) Hay's.
(d) Sprague's.

8. What is the organization of peace Democrats opposed to the Emancipation Proclamation and the draft?
(a) Copperheads.
(b) Nickelheads.
(c) Anarchists.
(d) Rattlers.

9. Who is the editor of the New York Tribune in 1864?
(a) Horace Greeley.
(b) Edgar Harrison.
(c) Chevalier Wikoff.
(d) Walt Whitman.

10. Who becomes Lincoln's favorite general?
(a) McClellan.
(b) Burnside.
(c) Buford.
(d) Grant.

11. The Confederacy has half the troops as the Union does and ______________.
(a) No arms.
(b) Not enough food.
(c) Not enough uniforms.
(d) Not enough horses.

12. What are Lincoln's thoughts in the 100 days prior to the election of 1864?
(a) He thinks only of his boys.
(b) He must finish what he was placed here to do.
(c) He knows he will be killed before the election.
(d) He has a real lust for more power.

13. What name replaces the term "Republican Party" at the 1864 convention?
(a) National Union Party.
(b) National Republican Party.
(c) National Republic Party.
(d) Northern Republic Party.

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

15. Which general replaces General Hooker prior to the battle at Gettysburg?
(a) General Buford.
(b) General Chamberlain.
(c) General Meade.
(d) General Burnside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Lincoln visit a wounded corporal from Lexington, Kentucky?

2. What is the nature of a crisis with Great Britain?

3. Why do the conspirators want Lincoln shot prior to the election?

4. How does Mrs. Lincoln attempt to talk to Willie after his death?

5. Which notable poet seeks a Federal job?

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