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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?
(a) George Atzerodt.
(b) William Seward.
(c) Lewis Powell.
(d) David Herold.

3. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?
(a) To be awarded a ransom.
(b) To persuade General Lee to revoke his surrender.
(c) To incite the Confederacy to continue the war against the Union.
(d) To install Confederate leaders in the place of the dead Union leaders the moment they were gone.

4. 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 cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(c) He shot William Seward's ear.
(d) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.

5. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(b) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.
(c) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(d) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

2. What two reasons does James L. Swanson cite for an autopsy having been performed on Abraham Lincoln, though it was clear what had caused his death?

3. To whose house did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold flee once Dr. Samuel Mudd had insisted they leave his farm?

4. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?

5. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?

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