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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Eight: This Fiery Trial.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lincoln needed to do what as a war tactic?
(a) Convince southerners to join the Union Army.
(b) Reinstate the draft.
(c) Free slaves everywhere.
(d) Use POWs as soldiers.

2. Who were refuges for Lincoln?
(a) Lincoln's boys Willie and Tad.
(b) His wife and son, Robert.
(c) Lincoln's cabinet members.
(d) His close friends.

3. Lincoln and Mary secretly became engaged, and set November 4th as their wedding date. When did they tell her family?
(a) On the morning of the wedding.
(b) The day after the wedding.
(c) Two days before the wedding.
(d) A month after the wedding.

4. How did Robert Lincoln feel when his father was away on political trips?
(a) He was bored.
(b) He worried about him.
(c) He missed him.
(d) He was happy.

5. What did neighbors think about the Lincoln children?
(a) They were well-behaved.
(b) They were kind.
(c) They were ill-behaved.
(d) They were honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas Lincoln died on January 17, 1851. Did Lincoln attend the funeral?

2. What did Democrats call Lincoln?

3. Rebels laid siege to what fort?

4. What bill did Stephen A. Douglas create?

5. Lincoln _________ capable generals to lead his armies against the Southern insurrection.

(see the answer key)

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