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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III-V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?
(a) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.
(b) General Grant and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) William Seward and his wife.

2. For how many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

3. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?
(a) The Smithsonian Museum.
(b) The Washington monument.
(c) The Capitol dome.
(d) The Lincoln monument.

4. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?
(a) He took off running down the street.
(b) He rode off down the street on his bicycle.
(c) He jumped on his horse and rode away.
(d) He pushed a passerby out of a carriage and stole it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?

2. On the afternoon on the day of Lincoln's assassination, what plans did Abraham Lincoln reveal to Mary Todd Lincoln about their future after his second term as president was complete?

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

4. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?

5. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?

(see the answer key)

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