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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 tool did Dr. Charles Leale use to remove the blood clot from Abraham Lincoln's head in order to relieve pressure on his brain?
2. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?
3. How many words did Abraham Lincoln's inauguration speech of 1865 contain?
4. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
5. For how many years did the Civil War last?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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)
3. What is James L. Swanson's purpose when he describes John Wilkes Booth's passions as including "the romance of lost causes"? (2)
4. 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?
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. How did the North celebrate when Richmond, Virginia fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865?
8. How does James L. Swanson create suspense in the scene when Lewis Powell attempts to assassinate William Seward?
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 danger to Lewis Powell's assassination plot lurked in William Seward's room of which Lewis Powell was unaware?
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
Examine the dichotomy between John Wilkes Booth's expectations of the effect his assassination of President Lincoln would have on the country, with the events that actually unfolded and how his act was viewed in years to come. Support your analytical points with textual evidence from the book.
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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