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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?
(a) Any crossing the bridge had to dismount his horse and walk his horse over the bridge.
(b) No one was allowed to take a horse over the bridge.
(c) No one was allowed to cross the bridge after dark.
(d) Anyone crossing the bridge had to pay a toll.

2. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?
(a) An arrow wound.
(b) A fall.
(c) A ferris wheel accident.
(d) A carriage accident.

3. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A pitcher of water.
(c) A pile of clean sheets.
(d) A pillow.

4. When Major Rathbone tried to stop John Wilkes Booth after Booth had shot Lincoln, what wound did Booth inflict on Rathbone?
(a) He threw him off the balcony, breaking his nose.
(b) He stabbed him in the arm.
(c) He stabbed him in the leg.
(d) He punched him in the nose.

5. Who answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?
(a) The Sewards' servant.
(b) Frederick Seward.
(c) William Seward's doctor.
(d) Fanny Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?

2. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?

3. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?

4. What tool did Dr. Charles Leale use to remove the blood clot from Abraham Lincoln's head in order to relieve pressure on his brain?

5. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?

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