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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.
(b) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Lincoln's son Tad.
(d) William Seward's daughter.

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

3. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?
(a) Broken fibula.
(b) Broken knee.
(c) Broken ankle.
(d) Dislocated ankle.

4. 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?
(a) An arrow wound.
(b) A carriage accident.
(c) A fall.
(d) A ferris wheel accident.

5. How many slaves had Dr. Samuel Mudd owned before The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by Abraham Lincoln?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?

2. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?

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. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?

5. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the photo that was taken at Abraham Lincoln's inauguration and that includes John Wilkes Booth?

2. What was the main goal of the plot to assassinate the Union's top governmental leaders all in one night?

3. What qualities of William Seward's situation caused him to chosen by the assassins as the third target in the assassination plot, in addition to Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson?

4. What danger to Lewis Powell's assassination plot lurked in William Seward's room of which Lewis Powell was unaware?

5. What methods does James L. Swanson use to convey the chaotic nature of the scene within Ford's Theater after John Wilkes Booth had escaped?

6. Over what issues was the American Civil War fought?

7. Since John Wilkes Booth could have easily gained an audience with President Abraham Lincoln in the Executive Mansion using his famous face, why did he not just assassinate him in such a meeting?

8. How does James L. Swanson demonstrate Fanny Seward's courage and ferocity within the scene of Lewis Powell's attempt to take her father's life?

9. What is the author's purpose in relating the events of Mary Lincoln Todd's and Abraham Lincoln's afternoon together on the date of the assassination?

10. In what ways is Lewis Powell portrayed as a pathetic character after his attempt to take William Seward's life?

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