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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?
(a) Fanny Seward.
(b) William Seward's doctor.
(c) Frederick Seward.
(d) The Sewards' servant.

2. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

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

4. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(b) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(c) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(d) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.

5. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?
(a) The Lincolns' servant.
(b) The theater's security guard.
(c) The Rathbones' servant.
(d) The head of the Secret Service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?

2. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?

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

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. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?

(see the answer key)

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