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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 was Margaret Matthews surprised of when Benjamin Folger contacted her?
(a) That Matthews was alive.
(b) That Matthews was not in an asylum.
(c) That Matthews had not been imprisoned.
(d) That Matthews did not request a divorce.

2. How did Elijah try to have Charles abandon his wife Isabella Laisdell?
(a) He offered him a job.
(b) He killed him.
(c) He gave him money.
(d) He beat him.

3. What type of newspaper focused on crime and human interest rather that financial or political news?
(a) Dime press.
(b) Quarter press.
(c) Nickel press.
(d) Penny press.

4. What movement did Isabella Van Wagenen join in New England?
(a) The suffrage movement.
(b) The abolitionist.
(c) The prohibitionist.
(d) The anti-abortionist.

5. What charges were added by the district attorney against Matthews before the murder trial?
(a) Assault charges for coercing Benjamin Folger.
(b) Blackmail charges for paying off Charles Laisdell.
(c) Assault charges for beating Isabella Laisdell.
(d) Bribery charges to recoup money for Elijah's heirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Isabella Van Wagenen born according to "The Kingdom, Parts 4 through 6"?

2. What was the name of the estate Matthews moved into after his release from the mental hospital?

3. Who joined Mount Zion shortly after Ann became pregnant?

4. What was forcibly cut from Matthews?

5. What cult leaders does Paul Johnson tie Matthews to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Matthews claim to be the Spirit of?

2. Why was Benjamin oblivious to the courtship between Ann and Matthews?

3. What happened to Benjamin and Ann Folger after the trial?

4. What physical decline did Elijah suffer from?

5. Why did penny press editors complain according to the "Epilogue"?

6. What did Benjamin agree to regarding Ann as "Mother"?

7. What suit did Isabella Van Wagenen successfully conclude?

8. What did Matthews turn Mount Zion into?

9. Who was Ann Folger?

10. Why did prosecutors abandon the fraud case against Matthews?

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