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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 two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
(a) A knife and a rifle.
(b) A revolver and a razor.
(c) A revolver and a knife.
(d) A pistol and a knife.

2. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?
(a) "At last, freedom."
(b) "I have done it."
(c) "He is dead."
(d) "I will be famous."

3. How many stories did William Seward's house have, making Lewis Powell's task of finding him difficult?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?
(a) That they should be granted the right to vote.
(b) That they should each be granted 40 acres and a mule.
(c) That they had waited too long to be freed from slavery.
(d) That they should be free to marry whomever they chose, regardless of race.

5. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?
(a) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) William Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?

2. 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?

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

4. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?

5. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?

(see the answer key)

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