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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 citizens permitted to view Abraham Lincoln's open casket?
(a) In the Oval Office of the Executive Mansion.
(b) In the courtyard of the Executive Mansion.
(c) Under the great dome inside the Capitol Building.
(d) In the Petersen Boarding House.

2. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?
(a) The theater's security guard.
(b) The Lincolns' servant.
(c) The head of the Secret Service.
(d) The Rathbones' servant.

3. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?
(a) Dislocated ankle.
(b) Broken fibula.
(c) Broken ankle.
(d) Broken knee.

4. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.
(b) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.
(c) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.
(d) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.

5. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of John Wilkes Booth's hand tattoo?

2. Who locked John Wilkes Booth and George Atzerodt inside the tobacco barn once they had settled in for the night?

3. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?

4. When Secretary of War Edwin Stanton realized that he could not continue with the manhunt for the assassins since he had so many other duties to take care of, to whom does he delegate the manhunt responsibility?

5. When John Wilkes Booth became agitated upon seeing riders pass the Garretts' farm, whom did he ask to retrieve his pistols and gun belt?

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