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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. Which two family members did William Seward lose within a year of Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) His wife and his daughter.
(b) His brother and his sister.
(c) His son and his daughter.
(d) His wife and his brother.

2. What does the word secede mean?
(a) To separate.
(b) To be superior to.
(c) To annihilate.
(d) To attack.

3. How long after John Wilkes Booth's death were the death warrants delivered for those who had been found guilty?
(a) 2 1/2 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 9 1/2 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. What happened to the letter about John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend in order to have it published in a newspaper?
(a) The newspaper decided not to publish it.
(b) His actor friend buried it.
(c) It got lost in the mail.
(d) His actor friend burned it.

5. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?
(a) A black star on her forehead.
(b) A white diamond on her flank.
(c) A white circle on her nose.
(d) A white star on her forehead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house did George Atzerodt visit for a midday meal late on Easter morning?

2. What was the highest amount of reward money paid to a single person?

3. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?

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

5. What was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?

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