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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. Where is the body of Col. Ellsworth taken after he is killed?
(a) A mortuary.
(b) The Capitol building.
(c) His home in Alexandria.
(d) The White House.

2. Who is the U.S. president that Lincoln succeeds?
(a) Buchanan.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Jefferson.

3. Who do the rebels think is the real boss in the U.S. government?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Hay.
(c) Chase.
(d) Seward.

4. Which general does Lincoln order to take command after McDowell's retreat?
(a) General Burnside.
(b) General Chamberlain.
(c) General McClellan.
(d) General Grant.

5. How does Salmon P. Chase propose to pay for a war?
(a) Borrow money from England.
(b) Tobacco tax.
(c) Income tax.
(d) Fundraising.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lincoln taken upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.?

2. Salmon P. Chase is visited by Henry D. and _________ Cooke to discuss Lincoln and cabinet posts.

3. What does Seward think will happen to Lincoln?

4. How does Mrs. Lincoln respond to Col. Ellsworth's body being laid out at the White House?

5. What is the river that David Herold crosses on his first mission as a rebel courier?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can Lincoln's Inauguration Day be considered lackluster?

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

3. How does Vidal describe Lincoln in the early part of the novel?

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

5. What type of role do Seward and Chase envision holding in Lincoln's Cabinet?

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

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

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

9. Explain the premise of Part 1, Chapters 1-7.

10. What is David Herold's first mission as a rebel courier and what is he told to focus on going forward?

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