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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?
(a) A revolver and a knife.
(b) A sword and a knife.
(c) A pistol and a knife.
(d) A pistol and a revolver.

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

3. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?
(a) No one was allowed to take a horse over the bridge.
(b) Any crossing the bridge had to dismount his horse and walk his horse over the bridge.
(c) No one was allowed to cross the bridge after dark.
(d) Anyone crossing the bridge had to pay a toll.

4. On what date did Abraham Lincoln's funeral take place?
(a) April 19, 1865.
(b) April 1, 1865.
(c) April 30, 1865.
(d) April 14, 1865.

5. 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 drive the carriage.
(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 have to clean up any mess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?

2. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?

3. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

4. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?

5. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?

(see the answer key)

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