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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) McClellan's new strategy.
(b) White House leaks.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln's runaway spending.
(d) The price of coffee.

2. The Confederacy has half the troops as the Union does and ______________.
(a) Not enough uniforms.
(b) Not enough horses.
(c) Not enough food.
(d) No arms.

3. Of which of the following do the Southern conspirators NOT convince the Union Army?
(a) The Union army is losing men faster than the South.
(b) Lee's army is three times its actual size.
(c) There is a plot to kidnap Lincoln.
(d) Lincoln has a terminal illness.

4. Why is Lincoln assured of political victory in Chapter 6?
(a) He knows that no one likes McClellan.
(b) Atlanta has been occupied by Union troops.
(c) He has the support of Union sympathisizers.
(d) He had the best campagin manager.

5. Even though he is a drunk, ___________ is deemed a better general than McClellan.
(a) John Buford.
(b) Robert Burnside.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) John Chamberlain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Kate Chase host in Part 2, Chapter 2?

2. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln are riding to a seance one day?

3. On what day does Part 2, Chapter 1 take place?

4. What would Lincoln give up if it were possible?

5. What does Lincoln think when he is shot at again on the way to the Soldiers Home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the source of Lincoln's resolve in the 100 days prior to the election?

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

4. Why does Sprague get involved in getting cotton past blockades and into New England?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Booth say Lincoln must be poisoned soon?

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

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