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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 were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse located at which John Wilkes Booth had hidden weapons and supplies to be retrieved after his murder of Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Maryland.
(c) On the Potomac River.
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. What was the subject of the photographs John Wilkes Booth took with him the night of the assassination?
(a) His mother.
(b) His children.
(c) The Confederate flag.
(d) His five favorite girlfriends.

3. 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?
(a) Moving to Baltimore where he could return to his woodworking practice.
(b) Moving to San Francisco where he could seek his fortune as a gold miner.
(c) Moving to Chicago where he could return to his law practice.
(d) Moving to New York City where he could return to his medical practice.

4. 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 did not see any honor in shooting a man within his own home.
(b) He was too scared to use so brazen a method.
(c) He wanted the dramatic setting of a theater.
(d) He knew it would be too difficult to escape from the Executive Mansion alive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of the play during which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

2. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?

3. Though Dr. Samuel Mudd did not know about John Wilkes Booth's recent plan to assassinate the President, of what previous abandoned plot was Mudd aware?

4. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?

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

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