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

2. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
(a) He knocked on Andrew Johnson's door.
(b) He left a note on Andrew Johnson's door.
(c) He threw his revolver out of the hotel window.
(d) He drank in the hotel lobby.

3. 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 Chicago where he could return to his law practice.
(c) Moving to San Francisco where he could seek his fortune as a gold miner.
(d) Moving to Baltimore where he could return to his woodworking practice.

4. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?
(a) To be awarded a ransom.
(b) To persuade General Lee to revoke his surrender.
(c) To incite the Confederacy to continue the war against the Union.
(d) To install Confederate leaders in the place of the dead Union leaders the moment they were gone.

5. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His five favorite girlfriends.
(b) His children.
(c) The Confederate flag.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?

2. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?

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. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?

(see the answer key)

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