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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?
(a) A gun and a knife.
(b) Binoculars and a gun.
(c) A map and a compass.
(d) A knife and a horse.

2. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?
(a) 13.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

3. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His children.
(b) His mother.
(c) The Confederate flag.
(d) His five favorite girlfriends.

4. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?
(a) Fanny Seward.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) Frederick Seward.
(d) John Wilkes Booth.

5. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?
(a) William Seward's daughter.
(b) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.
(c) Lincoln's son Tad.
(d) General Ulysses S. Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?

2. Who was the only actor on stage when Booth made his leap from the balcony?

3. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?

4. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?

5. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?

(see the answer key)

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