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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 is the name of the Union warship that goes to battle with the Confederate Merrimack?
(a) The Icon.
(b) The Union.
(c) The Republic.
(d) The Monitor.

2. Who does David Herold kiss on New Year's Eve 1861?
(a) Bettie Duvall.
(b) Mary Surratt.
(c) Sara Lawson.
(d) Annie Surratt.

3. What is the organization of peace Democrats opposed to the Emancipation Proclamation and the draft?
(a) Anarchists.
(b) Nickelheads.
(c) Copperheads.
(d) Rattlers.

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

5. Which of the following does NOT apply to General Grant?
(a) He refuses to make his headquarters in Washington.
(b) He is tried for treason.
(c) He becomes the first lieutenant general since George Washington.
(d) He insists he has no political interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln are riding to a seance one day?

2. Whose marriage proposal does Kate Chase accept?

3. Who meets with smugglers to discuss how easy it would be to kill Lincoln?

4. Which general replaces General Hooker prior to the battle at Gettysburg?

5. How is Mrs. Lincoln harmed when she is victim of an assassination plot aimed for her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What are two reasons that David Herold is disgruntled in Chapter 7?

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

4. What role does the paranormal play in the lives of the Lincolns?

5. How does Lincoln view Mrs. Lincoln's impact on his presidency at this point regarding the article scandal and her overspending?

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

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

8. Why do the rebel spies think that Herold has succeeded in poisoning Lincoln at the time he delivers the Gettysburg Address?

9. What is Lincoln's stance on abolition as the election of 1864 looms?

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

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