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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 fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

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

3. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?
(a) General Grant and his wife.
(b) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) William Seward and his wife.

4. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
(a) A revolver and a razor.
(b) A revolver and a knife.
(c) A pistol and a knife.
(d) A knife and a rifle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?

2. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?

3. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?

4. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?

5. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?

(see the answer key)

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