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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?
(a) That he was delivering the Sewards' grocery order.
(b) That he was a messenger delivering medicine to William Seward.
(c) That he wanted an autograph from William Seward.
(d) That he had a telegram addressed to William Seward.

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

3. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(b) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(c) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.
(d) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.

4. Though Dr. Samuel Mudd did not know about John Wilkes Booth's recent plan to assassinate the President, of what previous abandoned plot was Mudd aware?
(a) The plot to kidnap William Seward.
(b) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.
(c) The plot to assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) The plot to kidnap the president.

5. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(b) He shot William Seward's ear.
(c) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.
(d) He shot William Seward in the leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?

2. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?

3. 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?

4. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?

5. What piece of medical equipment did Dr. Charles Leale send a hospital steward to retrieve so that he could work on Lincoln's brain in hopes of saving him?

(see the answer key)

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