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

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) Washington, D.C.
(b) Maryland.
(c) On the Potomac River.
(d) Delaware.

2. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?
(a) The Washington monument.
(b) The Lincoln monument.
(c) The Capitol dome.
(d) The Smithsonian Museum.

3. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
(a) April 3, 1865.
(b) April 3, 1870.
(c) April 3, 1866.
(d) April 3, 1863.

4. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?
(a) 600,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 400,000.
(d) One million.

5. 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 Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.
(c) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(d) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.

6. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) William Seward.

7. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?
(a) He knew it would be too difficult to escape from the Executive Mansion alive.
(b) He did not see any honor in shooting a man within his own home.
(c) He wanted the dramatic setting of a theater.
(d) He was too scared to use so brazen a method.

8. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?
(a) "I have done it."
(b) "At last, freedom."
(c) "I will be famous."
(d) "He is dead."

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

10. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?
(a) A gun and a knife.
(b) A knife and a horse.
(c) Binoculars and a gun.
(d) A map and a compass.

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

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

13. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
(a) A small package wrapped in paper and tied with string.
(b) A bag of groceries.
(c) An autograph book and a pen.
(d) A telegram.

14. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?
(a) That he was delivering the Sewards' grocery order.
(b) That he had a telegram addressed to William Seward.
(c) That he was a messenger delivering medicine to William Seward.
(d) That he wanted an autograph from William Seward.

15. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?

2. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

3. How long did John Wilkes Booth have between finding out about Lincoln's plans to attend the play and his assassination of the President?

4. For how many years did the Civil War last?

5. What had John Wilkes Booth hidden along the carpet earlier in the day that he then used to barricade the door to the Presidential box behind him?

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