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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are described as the furies that haunt houses where a children dies, according to the narrator in Chapter 73?
(a) Faith and Virtue.
(b) Blame and Guilt.
(c) Sorrow and Grief.
(d) Regret and Desire.

2. Who are listed as the compilers and editors of “That Terrible Glory: A Collection of Civil War Letters from the Men Who Fought It" in Chapter 47?
(a) Daniel Mark Epstein and Ben Wade.
(b) E. G. Frame and Elson Farwell.
(c) Brian Bell and Libby Trust.
(d) Margaret Garrett and Jo Brunt.

3. Who is Hans Vollman's love that he has left behind?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Anna.
(c) Marie.
(d) Sara.

4. Whose house does the Reverend Thomas describe next to his own as he died in Chapter 61?
(a) The Stones' house.
(b) The Havens' house.
(c) The Lincolns' house.
(d) The Rednells' house.

5. Where was the Union victory that was posted publicly the day that Willie Lincoln died?
(a) Fort Jackson.
(b) For Wilson.
(c) For Orleans.
(d) Fort Donelson.

6. How old was Hans Vollman when he came to the bardo?
(a) 62.
(b) 46.
(c) 32.
(d) 39.

7. When did Millard Fillmore serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1901-1905.
(b) 1850-1853.
(c) 1823-1826.
(d) 1841-1845.

8. Who is the outspoken former boilermaker that occupies Lincoln in Chapter 77?
(a) Litzie.
(b) E. G. Frame.
(c) Mr. Cahoes.
(d) Stephen Sears.

9. Where does the Reverend Thomas say the red-bearded man he encountered after his death was from in Chapter 61?
(a) Maine.
(b) Illinois.
(c) New York.
(d) Vermont.

10. Who describes being molested by Mr. Johns Melburn in Chapter 65?
(a) Elise Traynor.
(b) Vesper Johannes.
(c) Tobian Clearly.
(d) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.

11. Who is attributed as the author of The Rudderless Ship: When Presidents Flounder?
(a) E. G. Frame.
(b) Stephen Sears.
(c) Rose Milland.
(d) Maureen H. Hedges.

12. Who confesses to starting a fire in Chapter 65?
(a) Andy Thorne.
(b) Robert G. Twistings.
(c) Marshall Turnbull.
(d) Tobian Clearly.

13. Who is the fictional author attributed with writing A Mother’s Trial: Mary Lincoln and the Civil War in Chapter 58?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) Jayne Coster.
(c) Marshall Turnbull.
(d) Daniel Mark Epstein.

14. Whose account is the focus of The Emergence of Lincoln: Prologue to the Civil War, 1859–1861 by Allan Nevins?
(a) Tobian Clearly's.
(b) Stephen Sears'.
(c) Robert G. Twistings'.
(d) Edward Everett's.

15. Who was Roger Bevins III's family maid that he spoke unkindly to and was made to write her a letter?
(a) Sophia.
(b) Marie.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 53 as raging in frustration at drunken Anatomy students?

2. For how long did Mrs. Lincoln stay in bed following her son's funeral?

3. Who is the fictional author that is attributed with writing The Spiritual Lincoln: An Essential Journey?

4. Who is the youngest of the East children?

5. Who is attributed as the author of The Prairie Torment: Lincoln’s Psychology in Chapter 72?

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