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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. How long did the trial last for those who were eventually hanged?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

2. How long after the end of the manhunt did the government pay out rewards to people who had helped to capture John Wilkes Booth?
(a) A little more than a year.
(b) A little more than a month.
(c) A little more than six months.
(d) A little more than a week.

3. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?
(a) Fire.
(b) Air.
(c) Water.
(d) Earth.

4. When they had finally cornered Abraham Lincoln's assassin, what was NOT one course of action taken by the Sixteenth New York Cavalry?
(a) They sent an unarmed civilian to disarm him.
(b) All of the soldiers charged the barn at once.
(c) They threatened to burn the barn down if the occupants did not emerge.
(d) They attempted to coax him out of the barn.

5. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(b) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.
(c) He shot William Seward's ear.
(d) He shot William Seward in the leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?

2. Where was John Surratt finally captured?

3. After Boston Corbett experienced both fame and notoriety due to his shooting of John Wilkes Booth, what happened to him?

4. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?

5. What was the name of Richard H. Garrett's farm?

(see the answer key)

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