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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 words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?
(a) Long live the Confederacy.
(b) The South has won.
(c) Slavery forever.
(d) The South is avenged.

2. What title did the day of Abraham Lincoln's death come to be called?
(a) Black Good Friday.
(b) Black Sunday.
(c) Black Palm Sunday.
(d) Black Easter.

3. Who was the only person to be punished, of the group who had aided John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt in their escape?
(a) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(b) John Surratt.
(c) Boston Corbett.
(d) Richard H. Garrett.

4. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?
(a) A plain pine box.
(b) An ebony coffin.
(c) A marble coffin.
(d) A polished walnut box.

5. What happened when Thomas Jones arrived in Richmond, Virginia in April of 1865 with the intention of completing his intended task?
(a) John Wilkes Booth rebuffed his offer of help with the assassination plot.
(b) He discovered that he did not enjoy being a blacksmith.
(c) The Confederate army had already evacuated the city and he went unpaid for his three years of service.
(d) His wife had found another man while he was in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What false event was staged in order to throw the media off the trail of John Wilkes Booth's true whereabouts?

2. When John Wilkes Booth became agitated upon seeing riders pass the Garretts' farm, whom did he ask to retrieve his pistols and gun belt?

3. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?

4. When John Wilkes Booth first met Thomas Jones, what did John Wilkes Booth say about his own possible capture?

5. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?

(see the answer key)

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