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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) William Seward and his wife.
(b) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.
(c) General Grant and his wife.
(d) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.

2. Whose house did George Atzerodt visit for a midday meal late on Easter morning?
(a) John Surratt.
(b) Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(c) Hezekiah Metz.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox.

3. Who was the subject of the incriminating photograph the soldiers find behind a picture frame in Mary Surratt's boarding house?
(a) Laura Keene.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) General Robert E. Lee.
(d) John Wilkes Booth.

4. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?
(a) He rode off down the street on his bicycle.
(b) He jumped on his horse and rode away.
(c) He pushed a passerby out of a carriage and stole it.
(d) He took off running down the street.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In addition to food, what other items did Thomas Jones bring to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their forest hiding place, much to John Wilkes Booth's delight?

3. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

4. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?

5. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?

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