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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

2. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?
(a) Any crossing the bridge had to dismount his horse and walk his horse over the bridge.
(b) Anyone crossing the bridge had to pay a toll.
(c) No one was allowed to cross the bridge after dark.
(d) No one was allowed to take a horse over the bridge.

3. What bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?
(a) Navy Yard Bridge.
(b) Washington Bridge.
(c) Philadelphia Bridge.
(d) Yankeetown Bridge.

4. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?
(a) The South has won.
(b) Slavery forever.
(c) Long live the Confederacy.
(d) The South is avenged.

5. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?
(a) A broken wrist.
(b) A broken nose.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A broken ankle.

6. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?
(a) A black star on her forehead.
(b) A white circle on her nose.
(c) A white diamond on her flank.
(d) A white star on her forehead.

7. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?
(a) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's arm.
(b) He cut a deep wound in William Seward's face.
(c) He shot William Seward in the leg.
(d) He shot William Seward's ear.

8. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?
(a) Department of Justice Head Alistair Sim.
(b) Secretary of State William Seward.
(c) Vice President Andrew Johnson.
(d) President Abraham Lincoln.

9. 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) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.
(b) William Seward and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) General Grant and his wife.

10. 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 Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.
(d) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.

11. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?
(a) Frederick Seward.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) Fanny Seward.

12. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?
(a) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) Joseph Stewart.

13. What does the word secede mean?
(a) To annihilate.
(b) To separate.
(c) To attack.
(d) To be superior to.

14. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?
(a) Under the Navy Yard Bridge.
(b) In his carriage.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In Mary Surratt's boardinghouse.

15. Who ordered that Mary Todd Lincoln be removed from Abraham Lincoln's bedside and proclaimed that she would not be allowed in again?
(a) Tad Lincoln.
(b) Edwin Stanton.
(c) Frederick Seward.
(d) Fanny Seward.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?

2. When Major Rathbone tried to stop John Wilkes Booth after Booth had shot Lincoln, what wound did Booth inflict on Rathbone?

3. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?

4. What tool did Dr. Charles Leale use to remove the blood clot from Abraham Lincoln's head in order to relieve pressure on his brain?

5. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?

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