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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.
(b) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.
(c) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.
(d) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.

2. Who was the subject of the incriminating photograph the soldiers find behind a picture frame in Mary Surratt's boarding house?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) General Robert E. Lee.

3. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.
(b) He shot William Seward in the leg.
(c) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(d) He shot William Seward's ear.

4. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?
(a) Lewis Powell.
(b) Mary Surratt.
(c) George Atzerodt.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox.

5. What was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?
(a) Sing Sing Prison.
(b) Leavenworth Prison.
(c) Old Capitol Prison.
(d) San Quentin Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool did Dr. Charles Leale use to remove the blood clot from Abraham Lincoln's head in order to relieve pressure on his brain?

2. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?

3. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?

4. What reason did Dr. Charles Leale give for the impossibility of taking Abraham Lincoln to the White House after he was shot?

5. What was the subject of John Wilkes Booth's hand tattoo?

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