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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 joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?
(a) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.
(b) He joked that he had a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.
(c) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
(d) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.

2. After Thomas Jones had been released from jail in April of 1865, for what purpose did he visit Richmond, Virginia?
(a) To collect the money owed to him by the Confederacy.
(b) To learn the trade of blacksmithing.
(c) To join in the assassination plot.
(d) To reunite with his wife and children.

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

4. 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 enact the plot during daylight hours.
(b) He did not want to have to clean up any mess.
(c) He did not want to drive the carriage.
(d) He did not want to kill anybody himself.

5. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?
(a) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) Joseph Stewart.

Short Answer 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?

2. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

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

4. Who became President of the United States upon Abraham Lincoln's death?

5. What is the name of the river that Thomas Jones was tasked with getting John Wilkes Booth and David Herold safely across?

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