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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?
(a) The budget for White House renovations.
(b) The etiquette for entertaining visiting heads of state.
(c) The president's wartime powers.
(d) Thomas Jefferson's speeches.

2. Who believes that one must experience hell before dying, not after?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Secretary Steward.
(c) General McClellan.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln.

3. With whom does Lincoln side when believing that black men are not inferior to white men?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

4. Who is the scandalous reporter for the New York Herald?
(a) Chevalier Wikoff.
(b) Jacques Wyatt.
(c) Chace Adams.
(d) John Hay.

5. Who does Lincoln meet at Willard's Hotel and who agrees to be Secretary of State?
(a) William H. Steward.
(b) Walter H. Stewart.
(c) Walter F. Seward.
(d) William H. Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a secret Cabinet meeting held in the Naval Department?

2. What topic does Sprague talk about when he takes Kate riding?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln at the inaugural ball?

4. Chapter 4 sees the arrival of Lincoln's secretaries, John Hay and ________________.

5. What is the date of Lincoln's inauguration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lincoln forced to hold Cabinet meetings in the Naval Department?

2. What is the nature of Chase's talks with Jay Cooke?

3. What is the issue regarding Lincoln's Kentucky relatives during this time?

4. What perspectives do Chase and Seward hold as the war talk ramps up?

5. What role does Mrs. Lincoln play in her husband's presidency?

6. Who is Elizabeth Keckley and what is her role in the Lincoln White House?

7. What is the purpose of Stephen Douglas' visit to the White House?

8. Whose arrival is anxiously anticipated in Chapter 14 to provide some security in Washington?

9. How does Vidal open the novel?

10. What is Lincoln's position on blacks at the beginning of the novel and how does that change as the story evolves?

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