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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 reason did Dr. Charles Leale give for the impossibility of taking Abraham Lincoln to the White House after he was shot?
(a) The bumpy ride would jostle his head and kill him.
(b) It would take too long to get there.
(c) The crowds outside were already too thick to maneuver a carriage through their number.
(d) The doctor would not be able to tend to Abraham Lincoln in transit.

2. 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 assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) The plot to kidnap the president.
(c) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.
(d) The plot to kidnap William Seward.

3. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 21.

4. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) William Seward.
(d) Mary Todd 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) First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Secretary of State William Seward.
(d) General Robert E. Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color uniforms did Northern soldiers wear during the Civil War?

2. 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?

3. Who was the only actor on stage when Booth made his leap from the balcony?

4. Who answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?

5. Who ordered that Mary Todd Lincoln be removed from Abraham Lincoln's bedside and proclaimed that she would not be allowed in again?

(see the answer key)

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