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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Union warship that goes to battle with the Confederate Merrimack?
(a) The Monitor.
(b) The Union.
(c) The Icon.
(d) The Republic.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln's physical presence at this point in the war?
(a) Robust.
(b) Half-shut left eye.
(c) Sallow.
(d) Hand tremor.

3. What event does Kate Chase host in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Boxing Day Party.
(b) Fourth of July picnic.
(c) Christmas Eve Party.
(d) Thanksgiving Dinner.

4. What happens to Lincoln while riding to the Soldiers Home in Chapter 6?
(a) His horse throws him into a ditch.
(b) He is thrown from his carriage.
(c) His hat is shot off his head.
(d) He falls and breaks his hip.

5. Who is Lincoln's former law partner?
(a) Wade Harrison.
(b) William Henderson.
(c) Walter Herndon.
(d) William Herndon.

6. What would Lincoln give up if it were possible?
(a) Cigars.
(b) Coffee.
(c) His job.
(d) Alcohol.

7. Where does John Wilkes Booth invite David Herold to work with him?
(a) Surratt's Boardinghouse.
(b) Chevalier's Opera House.
(c) Thompson's Pharmacy.
(d) Ford's Theater.

8. Who meets with smugglers to discuss how easy it would be to kill Lincoln?
(a) McClellan.
(b) Wikoff.
(c) Duvall.
(d) Seward.

9. Who is Lincoln's running mate in 1864?
(a) Chase.
(b) Hall.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Sprague.

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

11. What does Lincoln say that Southerners are in Chapter 5?
(a) Idiots.
(b) Traitors.
(c) Fellow Americans.
(d) Morally corrupt.

12. How does Mrs. Lincoln attempt to talk to Willie after his death?
(a) She puts notes on his grave.
(b) She writes on glass.
(c) She prays.
(d) She attends seances.

13. Which Amendment is suspended as many newspaper publishers are arrested?
(a) First Amendment.
(b) Third Amendment.
(c) Fifth Amendment.
(d) Second Amendment.

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

15. Who do the Republicans want Lincoln to nominate as a candidate for president instead of himself?
(a) Sprague.
(b) Grant.
(c) Seward.
(d) Chase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Union general proves incapable of overall command in Chapter 6?

2. Why is Mrs. Lincoln so upset in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. Whose death plunges Mrs. Lincoln to the brink of madness in Chapter 4?

4. What is the organization of peace Democrats opposed to the Emancipation Proclamation and the draft?

5. With whom does David Herold spend New Year's Eve 1861?

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