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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 15-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who believes that one must experience hell before dying, not after?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln.
(b) General McClellan.
(c) Secretary Steward.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

2. Who is entertained by Annie Surratt?
(a) Harold Davidson.
(b) David Harris.
(c) David Herold.
(d) William McKenzie.

3. With what does Mrs. Lincoln spend much of her time?
(a) Tutoring.
(b) Praying.
(c) Writing poetry.
(d) Redecorating.

4. What is the river that David Herold crosses on his first mission as a rebel courier?
(a) Potomac.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What topic does Sprague talk about when he takes Kate riding?
(a) The fashions coming out of Paris.
(b) His military strategy.
(c) His new stable of horses.
(d) The shortage of cotton for New England mills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does Lincoln turn to the crowd and emphasize while taking the oath of office?

2. Which female abolition opponent is introduced in Chapter 2?

3. Where does David Herold take a job?

4. Who is the defeated rival who visits Lincoln and calls for militiamen to defend Washington?

5. Who supplies White House gossip to those at Thompson's Drug Store?

(see the answer key)

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