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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the Sewards' home.
(d) Across the street to Laura Keene's house.

2. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.
(b) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.
(c) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.
(d) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.

3. When Lewis Powell rang the bell at William Seward's house, what lie did he tell in order to gain entry?
(a) That he wanted an autograph from William Seward.
(b) That he was a messenger delivering medicine to William Seward.
(c) That he had a telegram addressed to William Seward.
(d) That he was delivering the Sewards' grocery order.

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

5. How many stories did William Seward's house have, making Lewis Powell's task of finding him difficult?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?

2. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?

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

4. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?

5. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?

(see the answer key)

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