Chasing Lincoln's Killer Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

James L. Swanson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 189 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Chasing Lincoln's Killer Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

James L. Swanson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 189 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 21.

2. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?
(a) Edman Spangler.
(b) John Peanut.
(c) Dr. Charles Leale.
(d) Major Rathbone.

3. Who ordered that Mary Todd Lincoln be removed from Abraham Lincoln's bedside and proclaimed that she would not be allowed in again?
(a) Frederick Seward.
(b) Fanny Seward.
(c) Tad Lincoln.
(d) Edwin Stanton.

4. When Major Rathbone tried to stop John Wilkes Booth after Booth had shot Lincoln, what wound did Booth inflict on Rathbone?
(a) He threw him off the balcony, breaking his nose.
(b) He stabbed him in the leg.
(c) He stabbed him in the arm.
(d) He punched him in the nose.

5. What reason did Dr. Charles Leale give for the impossibility of taking Abraham Lincoln to the White House after he was shot?
(a) It would take too long to get there.
(b) The doctor would not be able to tend to Abraham Lincoln in transit.
(c) The crowds outside were already too thick to maneuver a carriage through their number.
(d) The bumpy ride would jostle his head and kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?

2. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?

3. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?

4. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?

5. For how many years did the Civil War last?

(see the answer key)

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