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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. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(b) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(c) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.
(d) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.

2. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?
(a) Captain Samuel Cox's wife.
(b) Captain Samuel Cox's uncle.
(c) Captain Samuel Cox's sister.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox's son.

3. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?
(a) 5 seconds.
(b) 40 seconds.
(c) 20 seconds.
(d) 2 minutes.

4. 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 shot William Seward in the leg.
(c) He shot William Seward's ear.
(d) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.

5. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

2. When the authorities searched John Wilkes Booth's room and found a letter explaining the assassination plot, what name was signed at the bottom of the letter?

3. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?

4. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?

5. How long did the trial last for those who were eventually hanged?

(see the answer key)

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