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

2. What disease is McClellan purported to have?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Typhus.

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

4. Lincoln is fatalistic about being shot but worries even more about __________________.
(a) Being captured and held for ransom.
(b) The side business of the groundskeeper.
(c) The kidnapping of his children.
(d) Losing the next election.

5. Which Civil War battle costs the Union 15,000 casualties?
(a) Vicksburg.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Fredericksburg.
(d) Gettysburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sickles think is Wikoff's source of information?

2. What disease does it look like Lincoln has as he leaves Gettysburg?

3. What happens to Lincoln while riding to the Soldiers Home in Chapter 6?

4. What famous document is written in Chapter 10?

5. What is the organization of peace Democrats opposed to the Emancipation Proclamation and the draft?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sprague get involved in getting cotton past blockades and into New England?

2. Why does Booth say Lincoln must be poisoned soon?

3. What is the speculation of Mrs. Lincoln's involvement in President Lincoln's speech to Congress being printed in the New York Herald?

4. What name is the Republican party known as at the Baltimore convention and what are Lincoln's views of the convention?

5. What information does Herold learn about the misinformation being fed to Union sources regarding the rebel strength?

6. Why do the conspirators want to ramp up efforts to kill Lincoln prior to the election of 1864?

7. How do the Lincolns respond when their young son, Willie, dies?

8. What is the response from various groups to the Emancipation Proclamation and why is Lincoln concerned about the appearance of his signature on the document?

9. On what day does Part 2 begin and what are the two major issues facing Lincoln and his cabinet members?

10. Why does Lincoln find humor in the rumor that McClellan may wage a military coup against him?

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