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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who was David Herold discharged to kill on the night Lincoln was shot? (from Part 3, Chapters 7-12)

Sprague.

Chase.

Seward.

Johnson.

2.

Who does Sickles think is Wikoff's source of information? (from Part 2, Chapters 1-6)

Mrs. Lincoln.

Bettie Duvall.

Annie Surratt.

David Herold.

3.

Why is Mrs. Lincoln so upset in Part 2, Chapter 2? (from Part 2, Chapters 1-6)

Mr. Lincoln has threatened to divorce her if she does not curtail her spending.

The Joint Committee has obtained a copy of Wikoff's telegram.

Mrs. Lincoln has been shunned from all the holiday parties on the social scene.

Robert Lincoln is dating a woman of ill repute.

4.

Who is the editor of the New York Tribune in 1864? (from Part 3, Chapters 1-6)

Walt Whitman.

Chevalier Wikoff.

Edgar Harrison.

Horace Greeley.

5.

What does Wikoff publish in the New York Herald? (from Part 1, Chapters 15-20)

The Emancipation Proclamation.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Lincoln's secret message to Congress.

Mrs. Lincoln's redecorating bills.

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