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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-XI.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where were citizens permitted to view Abraham Lincoln's open casket?
(a) In the courtyard of the Executive Mansion.
(b) In the Petersen Boarding House.
(c) In the Oval Office of the Executive Mansion.
(d) Under the great dome inside the Capitol Building.
2. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
(a) April 3, 1870.
(b) April 3, 1866.
(c) April 3, 1863.
(d) April 3, 1865.
3. What happened to the letter about John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend in order to have it published in a newspaper?
(a) His actor friend buried it.
(b) His actor friend burned it.
(c) It got lost in the mail.
(d) The newspaper decided not to publish it.
4. What was the reason that Captain Samuel Cox told John Wilkes Booth and David Herold not to make a fire in the forest?
(a) Because the fire might be seen and it would give away their hiding place.
(b) Because the heat of a fire would exacerbate their dehydration.
(c) Because he said they would build a fireplace on his next visit.
(d) Because it had been a dry spring and they were likely to start a forest fire.
5. What bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?
(a) Washington Bridge.
(b) Yankeetown Bridge.
(c) Navy Yard Bridge.
(d) Philadelphia Bridge.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
2. What signal did Captain Samuel Cox tell David Herold and John Wilkes Booth that someone they could trust would use as they approached the forest hiding place?
3. Which newspaper had John Wilkes Booth named to his friend as the one he wanted to publish his letter about his assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
4. What color were the horses that drew the carriage carrying Abraham Lincoln's coffin in the funeral procession?
5. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?
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