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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Thomas Jones brought newspapers to the assassins' hideout in the forest, what about the newspapers' reports on Lewis Powell's attack on William Seward surprised John Wilkes Booth?
(a) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.
(b) Lewis Powell had not gotten away and had been immediately imprisoned.
(c) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.
(d) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.

2. What was the name of the fisherman who agreed to ferry John Wilkes Booth and David Herold across the Rappahannock River?
(a) Charlie Lucas.
(b) George Rollins.
(c) William Rollins.
(d) George Atzerodt.

3. How did John Wilkes Booth gain shelter for the night at the home of Lucas, the African-American neighbor of Dr. Richard Stuart?
(a) He paid Mr. Lucas one hundred dollars.
(b) He threatened Mr. Lucas with violence.
(c) He told Mr. Lucas that his killing of Abraham Lincoln had been an accident.
(d) He threatened to kill Mr. Lucas's son Charlie.

4. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?
(a) He did not see any honor in shooting a man within his own home.
(b) He was too scared to use so brazen a method.
(c) He wanted the dramatic setting of a theater.
(d) He knew it would be too difficult to escape from the Executive Mansion alive.

5. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?
(a) The robbery of Fort Knox.
(b) The explosion of the Union Railroad.
(c) The assassination of Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) The kidnapping of Lincoln and the holding of his person as a hostage for the Confederacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?

2. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?

3. What two reasons does James L. Swanson cite for an autopsy having been performed on Abraham Lincoln, though it was clear what had caused his death?

4. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?

5. What signal did Captain Samuel Cox tell David Herold and John Wilkes Booth that someone they could trust would use as they approached the forest hiding place?

(see the answer key)

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