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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.
(b) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.
(c) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.
(d) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.

2. 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, 1863.
(d) April 3, 1865.

3. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
(a) An autograph book and a pen.
(b) A small package wrapped in paper and tied with string.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A bag of groceries.

4. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Sergeant Robinson.
(b) Captain Stargazer.
(c) Colonel Murray.
(d) Major Rathbone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?

3. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?

4. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?

5. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?

(see the answer key)

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