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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject of Lincoln's dream the night before the assassination, as recorded by Secretary Welles in his diary?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Earth.

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

3. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?
(a) A revolver and a razor.
(b) A pistol and a knife.
(c) A revolver and a knife.
(d) A knife and a rifle.

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?
(a) A carriage accident.
(b) An arrow wound.
(c) A fall.
(d) A ferris wheel accident.

5. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?
(a) Department of Justice Head Alistair Sim.
(b) Secretary of State William Seward.
(c) President Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Vice President Andrew Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wound did Lewis Powell successfully inflict upon William Seward, though he did not succeed in killing him?

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

3. 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?

4. Where in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?

5. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?

(see the answer key)

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