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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?
(a) A marble coffin.
(b) A plain pine box.
(c) An ebony coffin.
(d) A polished walnut box.

2. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?
(a) He discovered that he did not enjoy being a blacksmith.
(b) John Wilkes Booth rebuffed his offer of help with the assassination plot.
(c) The Confederate army had already evacuated the city and he went unpaid for his three years of service.
(d) His wife had found another man while he was in prison.

3. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His children.
(b) The Confederate flag.
(c) His five favorite girlfriends.
(d) His mother.

4. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?
(a) 601.
(b) 901.
(c) 501.
(d) 701.

5. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(b) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister Meredith.
(c) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.
(d) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?

2. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

3. What action did Dr. Samuel Mudd take when he realized that eventually soldiers or detectives would discover that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold had been at his farm after the assassination?

4. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?

5. After John Wilkes Booth crossed the bridge, he turned to look for his co-conspirators. Whom did he see?

(see the answer key)

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