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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface & Chapters I & II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) On the Potomac River.

2. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) One million.
(d) 600,000.

3. What had John Wilkes Booth hidden along the carpet earlier in the day that he then used to barricade the door to the Presidential box behind him?
(a) A broom.
(b) A nightstick.
(c) A music stand.
(d) A conductor's baton.

4. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?
(a) The explosion of the Union Railroad.
(b) The robbery of Fort Knox.
(c) The kidnapping of Lincoln and the holding of his person as a hostage for the Confederacy.
(d) The assassination of Mary Todd Lincoln.

5. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?
(a) Vice President Andrew Johnson.
(b) President Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Department of Justice Head Alistair Sim.
(d) Secretary of State William Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?

2. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?

3. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?

4. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?

5. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?

(see the answer key)

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