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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 color uniforms did Northern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

2. What had John Wilkes Booth hidden along the carpet earlier in the day that he then used to barricade the door to the Presidential box behind him?
(a) A broom.
(b) A music stand.
(c) A conductor's baton.
(d) A nightstick.

3. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?
(a) 400,000.
(b) One million.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 600,000.

4. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?
(a) In Mary Surratt's boardinghouse.
(b) In his carriage.
(c) In a tree.
(d) Under the Navy Yard Bridge.

5. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?
(a) Dr. Charles Leale.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) John Peanut.
(d) Edman Spangler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?

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

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

4. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?

5. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?

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