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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 George Atzerodt do just before he decided to abandon his plan to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson?
(a) He knocked on Andrew Johnson's door.
(b) He threw his revolver out of the hotel window.
(c) He drank in the hotel lobby.
(d) He left a note on Andrew Johnson's door.

2. How was Abraham Lincoln's body transported to Springfield after his funeral?
(a) By boat.
(b) By train.
(c) By horse-drawn carriage.
(d) By hot air balloon.

3. What was John Wilkes Booth wearing when he went into hiding in the pine forest?
(a) The equivalent of a modern-day business suit.
(b) A pair of pajamas.
(c) A tuxedo.
(d) A nightshirt.

4. What happened to the Ford Theater as a result of its purported association with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) It was blown up with dynamite.
(b) It was burned down.
(c) It was shuttered forever and never showed another play.
(d) It was confiscated from the Ford family.

5. How much money did Edwin Stanton offer to anyone who could bring to justice Abraham Lincoln's killers?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $85,000.
(d) $200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of coffin was Abraham Lincoln transported back to the Executive Mansion?

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

3. Where did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold go once they secured a wagon, a team of horses, and a driver?

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. What happened to the letter about John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln that he had given to his actor friend in order to have it published in a newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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