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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 disease does David Herold pretend to have in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Mesothelioma.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Cancer.

2. David Herold is told to watch for Lincoln's movements and _____________________.
(a) Dinner guests.
(b) Social schedule.
(c) Travel companions.
(d) A chance to poison his medications.

3. On what day does Part 2, Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Christmas Day 1861.
(b) New Year's Day 1861.
(c) The Fourth of July 1862.
(d) Easter Day 1861.

4. With whom does David Herold spend New Year's Eve 1861?
(a) The Lincolns.
(b) The Chases.
(c) The Surratts.
(d) The McClellans.

5. How is Mrs. Lincoln harmed when she is victim of an assassination plot aimed for her husband?
(a) She is thrown from a carriage.
(b) She is mobbed on the street.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She is poisoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lincoln say that Southerners are in Chapter 5?

2. Why is Mrs. Lincoln so upset in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. Who is Lincoln's running mate in 1864?

4. Why do the conspirators want Lincoln shot prior to the election?

5. Why does Mrs. Lincoln visit a wounded corporal from Lexington, Kentucky?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the speculation of Mrs. Lincoln's involvement in President Lincoln's speech to Congress being printed in the New York Herald?

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

4. What information does Herold learn about the misinformation being fed to Union sources regarding the rebel strength?

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

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

7. How does Seward attempt to prevent Mrs. Lincoln being involved in a scandal?

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

9. How do the Lincolns respond when their young son, Willie, dies?

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

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