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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 query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(b) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.
(c) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.
(d) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.

2. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?
(a) A revolver and a knife.
(b) A pistol and a knife.
(c) A pistol and a revolver.
(d) A sword and a knife.

3. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?
(a) "At last, freedom."
(b) "I have done it."
(c) "I will be famous."
(d) "He is dead."

4. What color uniforms did Northern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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?
(a) She stockpiled firearms inside her father's room.
(b) She barricaded the door of her father's room.
(c) She searched the house.
(d) She kept candles burning in every room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?

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

3. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?

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

5. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?

(see the answer key)

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