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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. 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?
(a) He knew it would be too difficult to escape from the Executive Mansion alive.
(b) He was too scared to use so brazen a method.
(c) He did not see any honor in shooting a man within his own home.
(d) He wanted the dramatic setting of a theater.

2. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) Frederick Seward.
(d) Fanny Seward.

3. How many visitors visit the museum in the basement of Ford's Theater each year?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 500,000.

4. On what did Lieutenant Doherty lay John Wilkes Booth's dead body upon his death?
(a) An afghan.
(b) A flag.
(c) A wool army blanket.
(d) A quilt.

5. When Thomas Jones brought newspapers to the assassins' hideout in the forest, what about the newspapers' reports on Lewis Powell's attack on William Seward surprised John Wilkes Booth?
(a) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.
(b) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.
(c) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.
(d) Lewis Powell had not gotten away and had been immediately imprisoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?

2. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?

3. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

4. Upon what book is Chasing Lincoln's Killer based?

5. How many men received rewards for their part in capturing George Atzerodt?

(see the answer key)

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