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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 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 carriage accident.
(b) A fall.
(c) A ferris wheel accident.
(d) An arrow wound.

2. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?
(a) Moving to New York City where he could return to his medical practice.
(b) Moving to San Francisco where he could seek his fortune as a gold miner.
(c) Moving to Chicago where he could return to his law practice.
(d) Moving to Baltimore where he could return to his woodworking practice.

3. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?
(a) She barricaded the door of her father's room.
(b) She stockpiled firearms inside her father's room.
(c) She searched the house.
(d) She kept candles burning in every room.

4. Though Dr. Samuel Mudd did not know about John Wilkes Booth's recent plan to assassinate the President, of what previous abandoned plot was Mudd aware?
(a) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.
(b) The plot to kidnap William Seward.
(c) The plot to assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) The plot to kidnap the president.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?

2. When Major Rathbone tried to stop John Wilkes Booth after Booth had shot Lincoln, what wound did Booth inflict on Rathbone?

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

4. What was the title of the play during which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

5. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?

(see the answer key)

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