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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lincoln ask John Hay to research?
(a) The budget for White House renovations.
(b) The president's wartime powers.
(c) The etiquette for entertaining visiting heads of state.
(d) Thomas Jefferson's speeches.

2. How does President Buchanan feel about leaving office?
(a) He is jealous of Lincoln.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is angry that he was not re-elected.
(d) He wishes he had more time.

3. Who is Emilie Helm?
(a) Mrs. Lincoln's social secretary.
(b) Mrs. Lincoln's seamstress.
(c) Mrs. Lincoln's best friend.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln's half-sister.

4. What does Lincoln say that Southerners are in Chapter 5?
(a) Idiots.
(b) Morally corrupt.
(c) Traitors.
(d) Fellow Americans.

5. What city does Lincoln decide to strike before the Confederate Congress can begin?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who administers the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln?

2. How can Mrs. Lincoln's personality best be described?

3. Who meets Lincoln at the train station in Washington, D.C.?

4. What office does Kate Chase expect her father to attain in 1864?

5. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 14 begins?

(see the answer key)

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