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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objectionable plan does Lincoln propose about the slaves?
(a) To buy them and colonize them elsewhere.
(b) To free them all immediately.
(c) To give them Federal jobs.
(d) To give them 40 acres and a mule.

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Mary Lincoln not attend Kate Chase's wedding?
(a) She does not like her groom.
(b) She has a migraine.
(c) She does not like Kate.
(d) She stays with Tad who is ill and delirious.

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

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

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

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

11. Of which of the following do the Southern conspirators NOT convince the Union Army?
(a) Lee's army is three times its actual size.
(b) There is a plot to kidnap Lincoln.
(c) Lincoln has a terminal illness.
(d) The Union army is losing men faster than the South.

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

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

14. How much debt has Mrs. Lincoln incurred for the White House at this time?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $1,000,000.00
(c) $50,000.
(d) $30,000.

15. What nationality of people riot against the Conscription Act In New York City?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who do the Republicans want Lincoln to nominate as a candidate for president instead of himself?

3. On what day does Part 2, Chapter 1 take place?

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

5. Who becomes Lincoln's favorite general?

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