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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

2. How far away from Washington D.C. were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse?
(a) 23 miles away.
(b) 13 miles away.
(c) 30 miles away.
(d) 10 miles away.

3. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?
(a) He took off running down the street.
(b) He pushed a passerby out of a carriage and stole it.
(c) He rode off down the street on his bicycle.
(d) He jumped on his horse and rode away.

4. Who ordered that Mary Todd Lincoln be removed from Abraham Lincoln's bedside and proclaimed that she would not be allowed in again?
(a) Edwin Stanton.
(b) Fanny Seward.
(c) Frederick Seward.
(d) Tad Lincoln.

5. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?
(a) General Robert E. Lee.
(b) Secretary of State William Seward.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?

2. What does the word secede mean?

3. For how many years did the Civil War last?

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

5. Where in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?

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