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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?
(a) A Smith and Wesson .45.
(b) A .44 Deringer.
(c) A musket.
(d) A Colt .45.

2. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?
(a) A plain pine box.
(b) A polished walnut box.
(c) An ebony coffin.
(d) A marble coffin.

3. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) It was blown up with dynamite.
(b) It was burned down.
(c) It was shuttered forever and never showed another play.
(d) It was confiscated from the Ford family.

4. What bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?
(a) Yankeetown Bridge.
(b) Washington Bridge.
(c) Philadelphia Bridge.
(d) Navy Yard Bridge.

5. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?
(a) Excited.
(b) Envious.
(c) Scared.
(d) Reluctant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?

2. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?

3. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?

4. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?

5. When Dr. Samuel Mudd learned that John Wilkes Booth had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, he did not betray Booth to the soldiers he faced. He did, however, take what action when he returned to his farm where Booth was hiding from the law?

(see the answer key)

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