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Lincoln Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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 is entertained by Annie Surratt?
(a) David Harris.
(b) David Herold.
(c) William McKenzie.
(d) Harold Davidson.

2. What does Lincoln carelessly misplace in Chapter 19?
(a) A secret message for Congress.
(b) His eyeglasses.
(c) His passport.
(d) The Gettysburg Address.

3. 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.

4. Who meets Lincoln at the train station in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Elihu B. Washburne.
(b) Elihu B. Woodborne.
(c) Elijah C. Washburne.
(d) Edward L. Washburn.

5. Who arrives on the train with Lincoln's secretaries?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Andrew Johnson.
(d) John Wilkes Booth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does David Herold take a job?

2. What do the people of Virginia do on the first day of the battle in Virginia?

3. With whom does Lincoln side when believing that black men are not inferior to white men?

4. From what state do the first Union troops arrive in Washington?

5. Who owns the whorehouse that John Hay visits after the inaugural ball?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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