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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could the Wilmot Proviso possibly ban?
(a) Marshal Law.
(b) Habeas Corpus.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Slavery.

2. Why is Mary Surratt hung?
(a) For openly criticizing Lincoln's actions during the Civil War.
(b) For murdering her slaves.
(c) For supposedly conspiring to assassinate President Lincoln.
(d) For shooting a Union soldier.

3. What nickname is given to President Lincoln?
(a) The Writ Rewriter.
(b) The Beast of New Orleans.
(c) Old Black Soot.
(d) Honest Abe.

4. Why does the author have difficulty confirming civilian arrest records?
(a) Some records are missing, damaged or mixed with POW data.
(b) The National Archive will not release military arrest records.
(c) Many records are still sealed.
(d) Many civillian arrest records were destroyed after the war.

5. What does General Order No. 104 request that civilian and military authorities do?
(a) Place all thieves and blockade runners under arrest.
(b) Interfere as little as possible with commerce while capturing draft dodgers.
(c) Report all strangers and suspected derelicts to the Union Army.
(d) Turn in all information about spies and suspicious personnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an "arbitrary arrest"?

2. What does the War Department do when James Hamilton reveals the horrors he suffered as a hostage?

3. How does the crew of the Banshee avoid arrest?

4. According to Lincoln, what does habeas corpus symbolize?

5. Which famous church is raided and looted by Union troops in 1861?

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