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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 source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.
(b) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(c) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister Meredith.
(d) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.
2. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His five favorite girlfriends.
(b) His children.
(c) The Confederate flag.
(d) His mother.
3. 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) 1 week.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 8 hours.
4. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?
(a) Slavery forever.
(b) The South is avenged.
(c) The South has won.
(d) Long live the Confederacy.
5. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?
(a) The assassination of Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) The kidnapping of Lincoln and the holding of his person as a hostage for the Confederacy.
(c) The explosion of the Union Railroad.
(d) The robbery of Fort Knox.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?
2. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?
3. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?
4. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?
5. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?
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