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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What disease is McClellan purported to have?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.

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

7. Which famous Civil War battle takes place in Chapter 12?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Antietam.
(d) Shiloh.

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

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

10. The conspirators want Herold to __________________.
(a) poison Lincoln's medications.
(b) bribe the White House groundskeeper.
(c) shoot Lincoln on the street.
(d) infiltrate the White House.

11. Who was Abraham Lincoln's Democratic opponent in 1864?
(a) Grant.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Buford.
(d) Rutherford.

12. Lincoln has evolved into a(n) ___________ in Chapter 5.
(a) Democrat.
(b) Abolitionist.
(c) Atheist.
(d) spiritualist.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln say that Southerners are in Chapter 5?

2. Who is the editor of the New York Tribune in 1864?

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

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln's physical presence at this point in the war?

5. How many men is Lincoln forced to call up in Chapter 6?

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