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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 was the name of the prison where all of the assassination co-conspirators were sent once captured?
(a) Old Capitol Prison.
(b) Sing Sing Prison.
(c) Leavenworth Prison.
(d) San Quentin Prison.

2. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.
(b) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(c) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.
(d) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.

3. Who was the only actor on stage when Booth made his leap from the balcony?
(a) Harry Hawk.
(b) Fanny Seward.
(c) Clara Harris.
(d) Charles Leale.

4. After John Wilkes Booth crossed the bridge, he turned to look for his co-conspirators. Whom did he see?
(a) Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt.
(b) David Herold and Lewis Powell.
(c) No one.
(d) David Herold and George Atzerodt.

5. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.
(b) He shot William Seward's ear.
(c) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(d) He shot William Seward in the leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What set of items did Dr. Samuel Mudd make for John Wilkes Booth before he sent him away from the Mudd Farm?

2. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?

3. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?

4. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?

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

(see the answer key)

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