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

2. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?
(a) General Grant and his wife.
(b) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) William Seward and his wife.

3. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?
(a) A broken ankle.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A broken wrist.
(d) A broken nose.

4. How long did John Wilkes Booth have between finding out about Lincoln's plans to attend the play and his assassination of the President?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 8 hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?

2. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?

3. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?

4. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?

5. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?

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