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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 answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?
(a) Frederick Seward.
(b) The Sewards' servant.
(c) William Seward's doctor.
(d) Fanny Seward.

2. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?
(a) Vice President Andrew Johnson.
(b) President Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Secretary of State William Seward.
(d) Department of Justice Head Alistair Sim.

3. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?
(a) He did not want to drive the carriage.
(b) He did not want to enact the plot during daylight hours.
(c) He did not want to kill anybody himself.
(d) He did not want to have to clean up any mess.

4. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?
(a) The Rathbones' servant.
(b) The theater's security guard.
(c) The head of the Secret Service.
(d) The Lincolns' servant.

5. 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's ear.
(c) He shot William Seward in the leg.
(d) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of medical equipment did Dr. Charles Leale send a hospital steward to retrieve so that he could work on Lincoln's brain in hopes of saving him?

2. Whose house did George Atzerodt visit for a midday meal late on Easter morning?

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

4. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?

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

(see the answer key)

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