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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. Which of the following is NOT a topic of conversation at Kate Chase's party?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln's runaway spending.
(b) McClellan's new strategy.
(c) The price of coffee.
(d) White House leaks.

2. Who do the Republicans want Lincoln to nominate as a candidate for president instead of himself?
(a) Sprague.
(b) Grant.
(c) Seward.
(d) Chase.

3. Which general replaces General Hooker prior to the battle at Gettysburg?
(a) General Buford.
(b) General Chamberlain.
(c) General Burnside.
(d) General Meade.

4. Which Amendment is suspended as many newspaper publishers are arrested?
(a) Third Amendment.
(b) Second Amendment.
(c) Fifth Amendment.
(d) First Amendment.

5. Whose death plunges Mrs. Lincoln to the brink of madness in Chapter 4?
(a) Robert's.
(b) Willie's.
(c) Tad's.
(d) Eddie's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which notable poet seeks a Federal job?

2. How is Mrs. Lincoln harmed when she is victim of an assassination plot aimed for her husband?

3. Which of the following does NOT apply to General Grant?

4. What premonitions does Lincoln have?

5. Lincoln is fatalistic about being shot but worries even more about __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lincoln's stance on abolition as the election of 1864 looms?

2. How is Mrs. Lincoln hurt in an assassination attempt in Chapter 12?

3. What precipitates Lincoln's discussions with black leaders and his issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. Why does Lincoln find humor in the rumor that McClellan may wage a military coup against him?

5. What are the circumstances of David Herold meeting John Wilkes Booth?

6. How does Lincoln view Mrs. Lincoln's impact on his presidency at this point regarding the article scandal and her overspending?

7. What is the response from various groups to the Emancipation Proclamation and why is Lincoln concerned about the appearance of his signature on the document?

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9. What name is the Republican party known as at the Baltimore convention and what are Lincoln's views of the convention?

10. Why do the rebel spies think that Herold has succeeded in poisoning Lincoln at the time he delivers the Gettysburg Address?

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