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

2. On what grounds does Seward think Lincoln can be impeached?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Treason.
(c) Sexual impropriety.
(d) Military aggression.

3. What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald?
(a) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
(b) Lincoln's secret message to Congress.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln's redecorating bills.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

4. With whom does John Hay frequently spend time?
(a) Abolitionists.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Lobbyists.
(d) Ministers.

5. What does Mrs. Lincoln hold regularly?
(a) Book club meeting.
(b) Sewing circle.
(c) Levee.
(d) Prayer meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stalks Lincoln as he walks to church with Seward?

2. How can Mrs. Lincoln's personality best be described?

3. Why does David Herold regret that Lincoln must die?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of Lincoln's sons?

5. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Vidal open the novel?

3. How are the beginnings of a conspiracy against Lincoln introduced in Chapter 2?

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

5. How is David Herold shaken when he sees the result of a coded message he had carried but had not been able to deliver?

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

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

8. What are David Herold's surprising views as he watches Lincoln walk to church?

9. How does the White House respond to Col. Ellsworth's death?

10. What does Lincoln do regarding Salmon P. Chase on the day after his inauguration that angers Chase?

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