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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 was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His children.
(b) His five favorite girlfriends.
(c) The Confederate flag.
(d) His mother.

2. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?
(a) The explosion of the Union Railroad.
(b) The assassination of Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) The kidnapping of Lincoln and the holding of his person as a hostage for the Confederacy.
(d) The robbery of Fort Knox.

3. What color uniforms did Northern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

4. Who was the only actor on stage when Booth made his leap from the balcony?
(a) Charles Leale.
(b) Fanny Seward.
(c) Harry Hawk.
(d) Clara Harris.

5. What title did the day of Abraham Lincoln's death come to be called?
(a) Black Sunday.
(b) Black Palm Sunday.
(c) Black Easter.
(d) Black Good Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?

2. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?

3. What bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?

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

5. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

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