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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 is the date of Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) May 12, 1862.
(b) January 21, 1861.
(c) April 15, 1865.
(d) March 4, 1861.

2. Salmon P. Chase is visited by Henry D. and _________ Cooke to discuss Lincoln and cabinet posts.
(a) Harlan.
(b) Jay.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Clay.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Lincoln at the inaugural ball?
(a) Animated and laughing.
(b) Shaking hands absentmindedly.
(c) Getting used to protocol.
(d) Watching the dancing.

4. With whom does Lincoln side when believing that black men are not inferior to white men?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

5. Who administers the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Roger B. Taney.
(b) Roger K. Holmes.
(c) David P. Taney.
(d) Salmon P. Chase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to describe Lincoln?

2. Why has Lincoln arrived in Washington in great secrecy?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the Peace Conference and what is the nature of their visit with Lincoln?

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

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