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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(b) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(c) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(d) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.

2. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?
(a) To be awarded a ransom.
(b) To persuade General Lee to revoke his surrender.
(c) To install Confederate leaders in the place of the dead Union leaders the moment they were gone.
(d) To incite the Confederacy to continue the war against the Union.

3. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?
(a) A pair of six-shooters.
(b) A pair of crutches.
(c) A pair of suspenders.
(d) A pair of spurs.

4. How many nights in total did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold spend in the pine forest before they made the attempt to get to Virginia?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. How long did John Wilkes Booth have between finding out about Lincoln's plans to attend the play and his assassination of the President?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 10 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?

2. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?

3. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?

4. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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