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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What words did one audience member report hearing John Wilkes Booth speak as he ran from the stage toward the wings?
(a) "He is dead."
(b) "I will be famous."
(c) "At last, freedom."
(d) "I have done it."

3. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?
(a) He was too scared to use so brazen a method.
(b) He did not see any honor in shooting a man within his own home.
(c) He knew it would be too difficult to escape from the Executive Mansion alive.
(d) He wanted the dramatic setting of a theater.

4. 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) General Grant and his wife.
(b) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) William Seward and his wife.

5. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 600,000.
(d) One million.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?

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 weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?

4. When Lewis Powell got outside and found that Herold had fled with the getaway carriage, what did he do?

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

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