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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
2. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?
3. 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?
4. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?
5. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tone does James L. Swanson use in second paragraph of Chapter I when he writes, "The very next day, the tyrant Abraham Lincoln had visited his captive prize and had the nerve to sit behind the desk occupied by the first and last president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis"? (2)
2. How did the North celebrate when Richmond, Virginia fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865?
3. Over what issues was the American Civil War fought?
4. What were the reasons that Dr. Charles Leale wanted to move Abraham Lincoln from the theater, even though he had just proclaimed his wounds sure to be fatal?
5. In what ways is Lewis Powell portrayed as a pathetic character after his attempt to take William Seward's life?
6. What action did David Herold take at the scene of William Seward's home that James L. Swanson imagines to have inspired the ire of John Wilkes Booth?
7. How did John Wilkes Booth's knowledge of Ford's Theater facilitate his assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
8. 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?
9. In the scene of Abraham Lincoln being moved from the theater, how does James L. Swanson get across the message of how damaging people's morbid curiosity can be?
10. What was the main goal of the plot to assassinate the Union's top governmental leaders all in one night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's treatment of the climactic scene of the manhunters' discovery of John Wilkes Booth at the Garrett Farm. Why is the author so concerned with the actions of Baker and his men and how does the tone of his writing in this scene reflect his attitude about the actions of Baker and his men? Use concrete details from the text to support your points.
Essay Topic 2
How does the author get across Abraham Lincoln's tendency to avoid a grand and flashy presence? What ultimate message about how politicians ought to behave is being created within this depiction? Include concrete details from the book to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how poets such as Walt Whitman gave a voice to Americans in a time of grief over Abraham Lincoln's assassination and what overall effect their works had a country in mourning. Choose at least two poems by Walt Whitman and include concrete details from the poems and from the book in order to back up your points.
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