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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 was the title of the play during which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Our American Cousin.
(c) Our Town.
(d) The Importance of Being Earnest.
2. What sound did John Wilkes Booth hear during Thomas Jones' visit to the forest hideout that terrified him?
(a) The sounds of gunfire in the distance.
(b) The sounds of screeching owls.
(c) The sounds of crackling fire and men's voices.
(d) The sounds of clanking metal and horses' hooves pounding the earth.
3. Before he fled to Europe to escape capture, where did John Surratt go to hide when he learned of Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Canada.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Russia.
4. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
(a) He left a note on Andrew Johnson's door.
(b) He threw his revolver out of the hotel window.
(c) He drank in the hotel lobby.
(d) He knocked on Andrew Johnson's door.
5. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
(a) An autograph book and a pen.
(b) A bag of groceries.
(c) A small package wrapped in paper and tied with string.
(d) A telegram.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many stories did William Seward's house have, making Lewis Powell's task of finding him difficult?
2. What action did Dr. Samuel Mudd take when he realized that eventually soldiers or detectives would discover that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold had been at his farm after the assassination?
3. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?
4. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
5. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?
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