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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. 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) 8 hours.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 10 hours.

2. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?
(a) To be awarded a ransom.
(b) To persuade General Lee to revoke his surrender.
(c) To install Confederate leaders in the place of the dead Union leaders the moment they were gone.
(d) To incite the Confederacy to continue the war against the Union.

3. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(b) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister Meredith.
(c) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.
(d) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.

4. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?
(a) 501.
(b) 601.
(c) 701.
(d) 901.

5. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?
(a) That they should be granted the right to vote.
(b) That they should each be granted 40 acres and a mule.
(c) That they should be free to marry whomever they chose, regardless of race.
(d) That they had waited too long to be freed from slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?

2. What weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?

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

4. 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?

5. What does the word secede mean?

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