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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 Seward think will happen to Lincoln?
(a) He will have a heart attack.
(b) He will be kidnapped.
(c) He will be assassinated.
(d) He will be impeached.

2. With what does Mrs. Lincoln spend much of her time?
(a) Tutoring.
(b) Praying.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Redecorating.

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

4. What does Lincoln order the U.S. marshals to do?
(a) Set up roadblocks around Washington.
(b) Raid telegraph offices to determine spies.
(c) Arrest any conspirators.
(d) Shoot rioters.

5. What is the main event in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
(b) Lincoln's visit to Antietam.
(c) Lincoln's inauguration.
(d) Lincoln's funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does Lincoln arrive in Washington?

2. Who believes that one must experience hell before dying, not after?

3. Where does David Herold take a job?

4. Who administers the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln?

5. What has no other U.S. President ever had to face?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Salmon P. Chase and what is his role in Lincoln's White House?

8. With whom does John Hay become infatuated the day after Lincoln's inauguration?

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

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