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

2. 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 a restaurant's kitchen.
(c) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.
(d) Across the street to the Sewards' home.

3. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?
(a) He did not want to have to clean up any mess.
(b) He did not want to enact the plot during daylight hours.
(c) He did not want to kill anybody himself.
(d) He did not want to drive the carriage.

4. Where were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) On the Potomac River.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Washington, D.C.

5. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?
(a) 901.
(b) 701.
(c) 601.
(d) 501.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?

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

3. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

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

5. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?

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