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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 fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

2. 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.

3. What does the word secede mean?
(a) To attack.
(b) To separate.
(c) To annihilate.
(d) To be superior to.

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

5. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His mother.
(b) The Confederate flag.
(c) His children.
(d) His five favorite girlfriends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only actor on stage when Booth made his leap from the balcony?

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

3. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?

4. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

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

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