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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface & Chapters I & II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?
(a) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.
(b) William Seward's daughter.
(c) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Lincoln's son Tad.

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

3. What weapon did John Wilkes Booth ultimately use to kill Abraham Lincoln?
(a) A Smith and Wesson .45.
(b) A Colt .45.
(c) A musket.
(d) A .44 Deringer.

4. What words did John Wilkes Booth shout after killing Lincoln and after shouting the state motto of Virginia?
(a) Slavery forever.
(b) Long live the Confederacy.
(c) The South has won.
(d) The South is avenged.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?

2. 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?

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

4. What color uniforms did Southern soldiers wear during the Civil War?

5. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?

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