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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 revolver and a razor.
(c) A pistol and a knife.
(d) A knife and a rifle.

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

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

4. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) William Seward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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