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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 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?
(a) A cauterizing gun.
(b) A Nelaton probe.
(c) A scalpel.
(d) A tracheotomy tube.

2. 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 robbery of Fort Knox.
(c) The explosion of the Union Railroad.
(d) The kidnapping of Lincoln and the holding of his person as a hostage for the Confederacy.

3. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?
(a) Personification.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. 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 Petersen's boardinghouse.
(c) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(d) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.

5. 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, 1865.
(c) April 3, 1866.
(d) April 3, 1870.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?

2. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?

3. 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?

4. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?

5. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?

(see the answer key)

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