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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The conspirators want Herold to __________________.
(a) shoot Lincoln on the street.
(b) poison Lincoln's medications.
(c) bribe the White House groundskeeper.
(d) infiltrate the White House.

2. Who is Lincoln's former law partner?
(a) William Henderson.
(b) Wade Harrison.
(c) Walter Herndon.
(d) William Herndon.

3. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln are riding to a seance one day?
(a) The carriage wheel falls off.
(b) A crowd throws rocks at the carriage.
(c) An assassin fires a shot at the carriage.
(d) The carriage overturns in a ditch.

4. What document does Lincoln plan to issue?
(a) The Fifth Amendment.
(b) The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) The Social Security Act.

5. Why does Mary Lincoln not attend Kate Chase's wedding?
(a) She does not like Kate.
(b) She stays with Tad who is ill and delirious.
(c) She has a migraine.
(d) She does not like her groom.

6. Which general replaces General Hooker prior to the battle at Gettysburg?
(a) General Meade.
(b) General Chamberlain.
(c) General Buford.
(d) General Burnside.

7. Which famous Civil War battle takes place in Chapter 12?
(a) Shiloh.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Atlanta.

8. What objectionable plan does Lincoln propose about the slaves?
(a) To give them 40 acres and a mule.
(b) To free them all immediately.
(c) To buy them and colonize them elsewhere.
(d) To give them Federal jobs.

9. Whose marriage proposal does Kate Chase accept?
(a) Hay's.
(b) Stone's.
(c) Sprague's.
(d) Herold's.

10. What is the controversy surrounding Robert Lincoln during this time?
(a) Why he undermines his father's political strategies.
(b) Why he indulges his mother's hysterics.
(c) Why he is not in the war.
(d) Why he is not married.

11. As what does Mrs. Lincoln justify her overspending?
(a) Boredom.
(b) A benefit to future generations.
(c) No self control.
(d) She has the right as First Lady.

12. Which Union general proves incapable of overall command in Chapter 6?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Buford.
(c) Burnside.
(d) Grant.

13. Who is the editor of the New York Tribune in 1864?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Edgar Harrison.
(c) Horace Greeley.
(d) Chevalier Wikoff.

14. With whom does David Herold spend New Year's Eve 1861?
(a) The Surratts.
(b) The McClellans.
(c) The Lincolns.
(d) The Chases.

15. What is the nature of a crisis with Great Britain?
(a) The purchase of war ships.
(b) The export of textiles.
(c) The withdrawal of financing.
(d) The seizure of U.S. mail boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lincoln spent a vast amount of time following the Battle of Gettysburg?

2. Who was Abraham Lincoln's Democratic opponent in 1864?

3. Why is Mrs. Lincoln so upset in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. How many men is Lincoln forced to call up in Chapter 6?

5. Where does John Wilkes Booth invite David Herold to work with him?

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