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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What query did Laura Keene make of Dr. Charles Leale after she gained entry to the President's box where Lincoln lay dying?
(a) She asked if she could cradle Abraham Lincoln's head in her lap.
(b) She asked if she could gather some of Abraham Lincoln's blood.
(c) She asked if she could cut a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair.
(d) She asked if she could have Abraham Lincoln's boots.

2. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?
(a) Across the street to a restaurant's kitchen.
(b) Across the street to Petersen's boardinghouse.
(c) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.
(d) Across the street to the Sewards' home.

3. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?
(a) The death of the Lincolns' son Willie.
(b) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's mother.
(c) The death of Abraham Lincoln's father.
(d) The death of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister Meredith.

4. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?
(a) Personification.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?

2. What had John Wilkes Booth hidden along the carpet earlier in the day that he then used to barricade the door to the Presidential box behind him?

3. Who sent a telegram to Major General Dix, sending the news that Abraham Lincoln had died?

4. How far away from Washington D.C. were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse?

5. What was the title of the play during which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

(see the answer key)

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