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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
(a) April 3, 1865.
(b) April 3, 1863.
(c) April 3, 1870.
(d) April 3, 1866.

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

3. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
(a) An autograph book and a pen.
(b) A small package wrapped in paper and tied with string.
(c) A bag of groceries.
(d) A telegram.

4. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?
(a) A broken ankle.
(b) A broken wrist.
(c) A broken nose.
(d) A broken leg.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered that Mary Todd Lincoln be removed from Abraham Lincoln's bedside and proclaimed that she would not be allowed in again?

2. Who answered the door when Lewis Powell rang the doorbell at William Seward's house?

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

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

5. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?

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