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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sumner sees freeing the slaves to be _________________.
(a) the moral choice.
(b) a waste of time.
(c) a military necessity.
(d) a religious imperative.

3. Why has Lincoln arrived in Washington in great secrecy?
(a) He wants to avoid big crowds.
(b) He wants to surprise his family.
(c) There is a plot against his life.
(d) He wants to avoid the media.

4. Which of the following bad news does Lincoln NOT receive in Chapter 13?
(a) Rebel forces surround Washington.
(b) Telegraph and railroad lines are cut.
(c) High-ranking military men defect.
(d) Mrs. Lincoln has tuberculosis.

5. Seward and _____________ emerge as the Cabinet's leading figures.
(a) Blair.
(b) Chase.
(c) Woodburne.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who escorts Lincoln on a tour of Washington?

3. What does Lincoln declare to be his first priority in Chapter 13?

4. Which of Mrs. Lincoln's projects ultimately brings scandal to the White House?

5. Who does Chase want excluded from a position in Lincoln's cabinet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lincoln's position on blacks at the beginning of the novel and how does that change as the story evolves?

2. What are Chase's thoughts on financing a war in Chapter 17?

3. What role does Mrs. Lincoln play in her husband's presidency?

4. What does Lincoln do regarding Salmon P. Chase on the day after his inauguration that angers Chase?

5. What does Lincoln accidentally lose and who will take advantage of this?

6. Who is Elizabeth Keckley and what is her role in the Lincoln White House?

7. What is the nature of Chase's talks with Jay Cooke?

8. How are the beginnings of a conspiracy against Lincoln introduced in Chapter 2?

9. What is the mood in Washington as Chapter 15 begins and what is on Seward's mind regarding Lincoln's presidency?

10. How can Lincoln's Inauguration Day be considered lackluster?

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