View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disease does it look like Lincoln has as he leaves Gettysburg?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Mononucleosis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Mesothelioma.

3. Who is framed for leaking information to Wikoff?
(a) Secretary Steward.
(b) Kate Chase.
(c) David Herold.
(d) The White House groundskeeper.

4. Even though he is a drunk, ___________ is deemed a better general than McClellan.
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Robert Burnside.
(c) John Buford.
(d) John Chamberlain.

5. Why is Mrs. Lincoln so upset in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) The Joint Committee has obtained a copy of Wikoff's telegram.
(b) Mr. Lincoln has threatened to divorce her if she does not curtail her spending.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln has been shunned from all the holiday parties on the social scene.
(d) Robert Lincoln is dating a woman of ill repute.

6. In what city was the Republican Party National Convention held in 1864?
(a) New York.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Washington.
(d) Philadelphia.

7. Which notable poet seeks a Federal job?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) David Thoreau.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

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

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

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

11. 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 has a real lust for more power.
(d) He knows he will be killed before the election.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Herndon make of Lincoln?

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

3. What objectionable plan does Lincoln propose about the slaves?

4. By what method does Herold often think of killing Lincoln?

5. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln are riding to a seance one day?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 496 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample