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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) William Seward's doctor.
(b) Frederick Seward.
(c) Fanny Seward.
(d) The Sewards' servant.

2. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?
(a) Air.
(b) Earth.
(c) Fire.
(d) Water.

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

4. What bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?
(a) Philadelphia Bridge.
(b) Washington Bridge.
(c) Navy Yard Bridge.
(d) Yankeetown Bridge.

5. When Secretary of War Edwin Stanton realized that he could not continue with the manhunt for the assassins since he had so many other duties to take care of, to whom does he delegate the manhunt responsibility?
(a) Lewis Powell.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Lieutenant Lafayette Baker.
(d) John Surratt.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How far away from Washington D.C. were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse?

3. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?

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

5. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?

(see the answer key)

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