View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What office does Roger B. Taney hold?
(a) Chief Justice.
(b) Chief of Staff.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Attorney General.

2. Where is Lincoln taken upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Ford's Theater.
(b) Willard's Hotel.
(c) The Captiol Building.
(d) The White House.

3. Who is Bettie Duval?
(a) A famous prostitute.
(b) A Civil War photographer.
(c) A Southern night rider.
(d) A Civil War nurse.

4. Who is known for drifting off during important discussions?
(a) Samuel P. Chesterson.
(b) Saul P. Chase.
(c) Samuel P. Chase.
(d) Salmon P. Chase.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the body of Col. Ellsworth taken after he is killed?

2. What order does Lincoln issue about Fort Sumter in Chapter 11?

3. Why is a secret Cabinet meeting held in the Naval Department?

4. What do conspirators Annie Surrat and David Herold call Lincoln?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the purpose of Stephen Douglas' visit to the White House?

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

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

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

8. How does Vidal open the novel?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 769 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample