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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

2. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?
(a) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) Edwin M. Stanton.
(c) Dr. Charles Leale.
(d) Surgeon General Barnes.

3. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?
(a) John Peanut.
(b) Edman Spangler.
(c) Dr. Charles Leale.
(d) Major Rathbone.

4. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister Meredith.
(b) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(c) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.
(d) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of medical equipment did Dr. Charles Leale send a hospital steward to retrieve so that he could work on Lincoln's brain in hopes of saving him?

2. 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?

3. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?

4. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?

5. In addition to food, what other items did Thomas Jones bring to John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their forest hiding place, much to John Wilkes Booth's delight?

(see the answer key)

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