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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-V.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A Nelaton probe.
(b) A cauterizing gun.
(c) A scalpel.
(d) A tracheotomy tube.

2. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?
(a) A black star on her forehead.
(b) A white diamond on her flank.
(c) A white star on her forehead.
(d) A white circle on her nose.

3. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?
(a) No one was allowed to take a horse over the bridge.
(b) Any crossing the bridge had to dismount his horse and walk his horse over the bridge.
(c) No one was allowed to cross the bridge after dark.
(d) Anyone crossing the bridge had to pay a toll.

4. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Major Rathbone.
(b) Captain Stargazer.
(c) Colonel Murray.
(d) Sergeant Robinson.

5. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?
(a) A ferris wheel accident.
(b) An arrow wound.
(c) A carriage accident.
(d) A fall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?

3. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?

4. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?

5. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?

(see the answer key)

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