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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) On the Potomac River.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?
(a) General Grant and his wife.
(b) William Seward and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.

3. How many miles away was the shore of Virginia from the place that John Wilkes Booth and David Herold put the boat into the water?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. 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 told Mr. Lucas that his killing of Abraham Lincoln had been an accident.
(b) He threatened to kill Mr. Lucas's son Charlie.
(c) He threatened Mr. Lucas with violence.
(d) He paid Mr. Lucas one hundred dollars.

5. What story did John Wilkes Booth tell Richard H. Garrett about his predicament?
(a) He claimed that George Atzerodt was his brother and that he was wanted for disloyalty to the Union.
(b) He claimed that he had fallen out of a tree and had broken his leg.
(c) He claimed that he had been injured while chasing Abraham Lincoln's assassins.
(d) He claimed that he had been wounded in battle and was being chased by the Union cavalry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?

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

3. What does the word secede mean?

4. What lie did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell the soldiers in an attempt to lead them on a wild goose chase and throw them off the trail of John Wilkes Booth?

5. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?

(see the answer key)

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