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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Lincoln attempt to talk to Willie after his death?

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

3. What objectionable plan does Lincoln propose about the slaves?

4. How many men is Lincoln forced to call up in Chapter 6?

5. In what city was the Republican Party National Convention held in 1864?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are two reasons that David Herold is disgruntled in Chapter 7?

5. What honor does Grant receive in the midst of talk about his presidential aspirations?

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

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

8. What is Lincoln's final stance regarding the Wikoff incident?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of men in the 1860s when the men in the story are living through wartime. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century men do not?

Essay Topic 2

Assassination plots take on an almost human persona in this story. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

In addition to war on their homeland, people in mid-19th century America were also very vulnerable to the threat of serious illnesses such as typhoid fever. Cite some examples from the book in which people die or are in serious danger of their lives due to diseases that can be better managed today.

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