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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. For how many years did the Civil War last?
2. How old was William Seward's daughter Fanny on the night of the assassination attempt?
3. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?
4. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Frederick Seward injured during Lewis Powell's attempt to assassinate Secretary of State William Seward?
2. 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?
3. How does James L. Swanson use the words of Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, to foreshadow the coming death of Abraham Lincoln?
4. 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?
5. What is the significance of the photo that was taken at Abraham Lincoln's inauguration and that includes John Wilkes Booth?
6. How did Mary Todd Lincoln's letter to the Ford Theater's proprietors unwittingly help Abraham Lincoln's would-be assassins complete their goal?
7. What are two themes touched upon within Abraham Lincoln's inauguration day speech of 1865?
8. 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)
9. 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?
10. What is James L. Swanson's purpose when he describes John Wilkes Booth's passions as including "the romance of lost causes"? (2)
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the book's message regarding the tendency for humans to be fascinated with macabre subjects? Create a strong, specific, arguable claim and back it up with quotes from the text.
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 the author's decision to include a variety of primary documents within the text. What purpose did he have when including images of real documents such as newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and other ephemera? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of primary documents with concrete details from the ephemera he includes in the book.
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