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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Nine: The New Reckoning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert E. Lee decided to fight for whom?
(a) No one.
(b) The Union.
(c) The Confederates.
(d) The British.

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

3. Lincoln read voraciously and taught himself mathematics, but his real interest was in what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Art.
(c) Languages.
(d) Music.

4. He entered into a law practice with John Todd Stuart, and won his first court case. What type of case was this?
(a) Theft.
(b) Extortion.
(c) Murder.
(d) Armed Robbery.

5. What did Fremont do in Missouri without Lincoln's permission?
(a) Began a civil war within the state.
(b) Declared martial law.
(c) Allowed slavery to exist.
(d) Created a militia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rest of the troops gradually arrived, with _______________ leading an outfit from New York, though he would be killed in a battle very early on.

2. Lincoln's rivals were Stephen A. Douglas, known as ____________, and the young Democrats.

3. Republican papers began mentioning Lincoln's name for what?

4. When McClellan finally ordered his army into the enemy camp at Manassas, what did he find?

5. How did Lincoln feel without Mary?

(see the answer key)

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