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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. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
2. After John Wilkes Booth crossed the bridge, he turned to look for his co-conspirators. Whom did he see?
3. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?
4. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
5. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Over what issues was the American Civil War fought?
4. What danger to Lewis Powell's assassination plot lurked in William Seward's room of which Lewis Powell was unaware?
5. What is James L. Swanson's purpose when he describes John Wilkes Booth's passions as including "the romance of lost causes"? (2)
6. 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)
7. What was the main goal of the plot to assassinate the Union's top governmental leaders all in one night?
8. How does James L. Swanson use the words of Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, to foreshadow the coming death of Abraham Lincoln?
9. How did the North celebrate when Richmond, Virginia fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865?
10. Who was the only audience member in Ford's Theater to chase after John Wilkes Booth and why did no one else follow him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does James L. Swanson use irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the book and explore each instance's connection to larger themes within the book. Back up your points using concrete details from the book.
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of hope depicted within the narrative despite the grim act at the center of its story? Create a clear, specific claim and support it with concrete details from the book.
Essay Topic 3
How does the author's use of the omniscient third person point of view serve his purposes over the course of the book? Discuss how his choice of point of view helps to advance his treatment of at least three particular themes within the novel. Use concrete details from the text to support your points.
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