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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 stalks Lincoln as he walks to church with Seward?
(a) Thomas Paterson.
(b) David Herold.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) Mary Surratt.

2. Who is the defeated rival who visits Lincoln and calls for militiamen to defend Washington?
(a) Salmon P. Chase.
(b) John Hay.
(c) Stephen Douglas.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

3. What is the river that David Herold crosses on his first mission as a rebel courier?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Potomac.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Delaware.

4. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Maine.

5. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?
(a) Rebel forces surround Washington.
(b) Telegraph and railroad lines are cut.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln has tuberculosis.
(d) High-ranking military men defect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part 1, Chapters 1-7 focus on the days between Abraham Lincoln's arrival in Washington, D.C. and ________.

2. Where does David Herold take a job?

3. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Kate Chase's relationship with her father?

5. Who is Bettie Duval?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Lincoln's plan to attack the Confederacy as discussed in Chapter 18?

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

4. What are Chase's thoughts on financing a war in Chapter 17?

5. How does Vidal open the novel?

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

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

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

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

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

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