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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 would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 40 seconds.
(c) 5 seconds.
(d) 20 seconds.

2. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. 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 mother.
(c) His children.
(d) The Confederate flag.

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

5. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
(a) April 3, 1866.
(b) April 3, 1870.
(c) April 3, 1865.
(d) April 3, 1863.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?

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

4. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?

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

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