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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XII-XIV & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A pitcher of water.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A pile of clean sheets.

2. 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.

3. Who was the photographer who had both photographed Abraham Lincoln many times during Lincoln's life and was responsible for photographing the crime scene after Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Lewis Powell.
(b) Laura Keene.
(c) Matthew Brady.
(d) John Surratt.

4. What weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?
(a) A Colt .45.
(b) A musket.
(c) A .44 Deringer.
(d) A Smith and Wesson .45.

5. Which two co-conspirators did George Atzerodt implicate once he was caught by the authorities and confessed to his crimes?
(a) Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(b) Lewis Powell and David Herold.
(c) John Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd.
(d) John Wilkes Booth and Lewis Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Captain Samuel Cox feel when he suspected his summons might be connected to the assassination plots?

2. How many days did it take John Wilkes Booth to travel from Washington to Port Conway?

3. What story did John Wilkes Booth tell Richard H. Garrett about his predicament?

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

5. What was John Wilkes Booth wearing when he went into hiding in the pine forest?

(see the answer key)

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