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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 joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?
(a) He joked that he admired John Wilkes Booth.
(b) He joked that he had been friends with David Herold.
(c) He joked that he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
(d) He joked that he had a plan to assassinate newly-appointed President Andrew Johnson.

2. On the night of April 11th at the Torchlight Parade, what did Lincoln say in his speech regarding African-Americans?
(a) That they should be free to marry whomever they chose, regardless of race.
(b) That they had waited too long to be freed from slavery.
(c) That they should each be granted 40 acres and a mule.
(d) That they should be granted the right to vote.

3. When Secretary of War Edwin Stanton realized that he could not continue with the manhunt for the assassins since he had so many other duties to take care of, to whom does he delegate the manhunt responsibility?
(a) John Surratt.
(b) Lieutenant Lafayette Baker.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Lewis Powell.

4. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?
(a) Broken fibula.
(b) Broken ankle.
(c) Dislocated ankle.
(d) Broken knee.

5. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?
(a) In his carriage.
(b) Under the Navy Yard Bridge.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In Mary Surratt's boardinghouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?

2. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?

3. What does the word secede mean?

4. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?

5. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?

(see the answer key)

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