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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 did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A pile of clean sheets.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A pitcher of water.

2. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
(a) He knocked on Andrew Johnson's door.
(b) He threw his revolver out of the hotel window.
(c) He drank in the hotel lobby.
(d) He left a note on Andrew Johnson's door.

3. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(b) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.
(c) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(d) Across the street to the Sewards' home.

4. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) One million.

5. What does the word secede mean?
(a) To annihilate.
(b) To separate.
(c) To attack.
(d) To be superior to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had John Wilkes Booth hidden along the carpet earlier in the day that he then used to barricade the door to the Presidential box behind him?

2. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?

3. How long did John Wilkes Booth have between finding out about Lincoln's plans to attend the play and his assassination of the President?

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

5. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?

(see the answer key)

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