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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Though Dr. Samuel Mudd did not know about John Wilkes Booth's recent plan to assassinate the President, of what previous abandoned plot was Mudd aware?
(a) The plot to kidnap the president.
(b) The plot to kidnap William Seward.
(c) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.
(d) The plot to assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.

3. Where in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?
(a) In the flue of the fireplace.
(b) In his dresser drawer.
(c) Under his mattress.
(d) In his trunk.

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

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

6. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?
(a) 5 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 20 seconds.
(d) 40 seconds.

7. 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) Major Rathbone.
(b) Laura Keene.
(c) Joseph Stewart.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

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

9. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?
(a) Major Rathbone.
(b) Dr. Charles Leale.
(c) Edman Spangler.
(d) John Peanut.

10. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?
(a) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.
(b) William Seward's daughter.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Lincoln's son Tad.

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

12. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
(a) A revolver and a razor.
(b) A pistol and a knife.
(c) A knife and a rifle.
(d) A revolver and a knife.

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

14. 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?
(a) A music stand.
(b) A conductor's baton.
(c) A broom.
(d) A nightstick.

15. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Major Rathbone.
(b) Captain Stargazer.
(c) Sergeant Robinson.
(d) Colonel Murray.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?

2. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?

3. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?

4. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?

5. What does the word secede mean?

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