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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 two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
(a) A revolver and a knife.
(b) A pistol and a knife.
(c) A revolver and a razor.
(d) A knife and a rifle.

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

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

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

5. For how many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?

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

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

4. What color uniforms did Northern soldiers wear during the Civil War?

5. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?

(see the answer key)

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