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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dennis A. Mahony secure his release?
(a) He bribes the warden.
(b) He writes and publishes articles about prision life.
(c) He swears an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(d) His lawyer threatens to take the Union general to court.

2. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(b) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(c) For warning recruits they will go to hell.
(d) For raising forces for the Confederacy.

3. What is the Militia Act designed to prevent?
(a) Theft.
(b) Evasion of military duty.
(c) Dereliction of duty.
(d) Spies from crossing Union lines.

4. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?
(a) A Jacksonian defense.
(b) A list of Confederate supporters.
(c) A list of Maryland lawmakers who may be arrested.
(d) A collection of international civil liberty laws.

5. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?
(a) To silence political dissenters.
(b) To undermine an assassination plot.
(c) To break up a ring of Confederate spies.
(d) To prevent unrest and preserve the Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does General Order No. 104 request that civilian and military authorities do?

2. Why does Joseph Griffin sue Captain Frank Wilcox for false imprisonment?

3. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?

4. How many civilian arrests does William Seward preside over in Chapter 1?

5. Why are judges still issuing writs of habeas corpus in Chapter 3?

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