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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) William Seward's daughter.
(b) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Lincoln's son Tad.

2. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to the Sewards' home.
(b) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(c) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(d) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.

3. 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.

4. 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 a messenger delivering medicine to William Seward.
(b) That he wanted an autograph from William Seward.
(c) That he was delivering the Sewards' grocery order.
(d) That he had a telegram addressed to William Seward.

5. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?
(a) The head of the Secret Service.
(b) The Rathbones' servant.
(c) The Lincolns' servant.
(d) The theater's security guard.

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

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

8. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?
(a) Moving to Baltimore where he could return to his woodworking practice.
(b) Moving to San Francisco where he could seek his fortune as a gold miner.
(c) Moving to New York City where he could return to his medical practice.
(d) Moving to Chicago where he could return to his law practice.

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

10. 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) William Seward.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

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

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

13. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(b) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.
(c) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.
(d) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.

14. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?
(a) Secretary of State William Seward.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) General Robert E. Lee.
(d) First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

15. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?
(a) That they should be free to marry whomever they chose, regardless of race.
(b) That they had waited too long to be freed from slavery.
(c) That they should be granted the right to vote.
(d) That they should each be granted 40 acres and a mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?

2. Who was the only actor on stage when Booth made his leap from the balcony?

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

4. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?

5. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?

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