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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 happened to the letter about John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend in order to have it published in a newspaper?
(a) The newspaper decided not to publish it.
(b) It got lost in the mail.
(c) His actor friend buried it.
(d) His actor friend burned it.
2. Who was sent to fetch Thomas Jones in hopes that he would help John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their next escape step?
(a) Captain Samuel Cox's sister.
(b) Captain Samuel Cox's wife.
(c) Captain Samuel Cox's uncle.
(d) Captain Samuel Cox's son.
3. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?
(a) Lewis Powell and David Herold.
(b) John Wilkes Booth and Lewis Powell.
(c) John Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
4. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?
(a) 40 seconds.
(b) 5 seconds.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 20 seconds.
5. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
(a) April 3, 1863.
(b) April 3, 1865.
(c) April 3, 1870.
(d) April 3, 1866.
Short Answer Questions
1. When John Wilkes Booth first met Thomas Jones, what did John Wilkes Booth say about his own possible capture?
2. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?
3. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?
4. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
5. What did George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
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