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

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

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

4. For what crime had Thomas Jones been jailed for months prior to getting out in April of 1865?
(a) Public intoxication.
(b) Insubordination to an officer.
(c) Counterfeiting.
(d) Disloyalty to the Union.

5. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?
(a) Andrew Johnson.
(b) Salmon Chase.
(c) George Atzerodt.
(d) William Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did John Wilkes Booth have between finding out about Lincoln's plans to attend the play and his assassination of the President?

2. When the authorities searched John Wilkes Booth's room and found a letter explaining the assassination plot, what name was signed at the bottom of the letter?

3. Who accompanied Reverend Gurley when it was time to tell Mary Todd Lincoln that her husband Abraham Lincoln had died?

4. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?

5. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?

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