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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XII-XIV & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?
(a) A revolver and a knife.
(b) A sword and a knife.
(c) A pistol and a revolver.
(d) A pistol and a knife.

2. When John Wilkes Booth first met Thomas Jones, what did John Wilkes Booth say about his own possible capture?
(a) He said he would never be taken alive.
(b) He said he would be hung if he were captured.
(c) He said he was too smart to be captured.
(d) He said that he would prefer being taken alive if possible.

3. 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 assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) The plot to kidnap William Seward.
(d) The plot to kidnap the president.

4. What was Dr. RIchard Stuart's reaction to John Wilkes Booth's request for shelter for George Atzerodt and himself?
(a) He agreed to house them and rented them a team of horses for the next leg of their flight.
(b) He refused to feed them, but did agree to house them.
(c) He ordered them to leave his house immediately.
(d) He refused to house them, but did agree to feed them.

5. How did the news of John Wilkes Booth's death travel across the country?
(a) By telegraph.
(b) By U.S. mail.
(c) By telephone.
(d) By carrier pigeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color ribbons did people wear as they expressed their grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

2. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?

3. Who was the only person to be punished, of the group who had aided John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt in their escape?

4. When John Wilkes Booth became terrified at the sounds he heard during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout, what is NOT one reason for his decision to hunker down and hope for the best?

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

(see the answer key)

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