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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Colonel Murray.
(b) Captain Stargazer.
(c) Sergeant Robinson.
(d) Major Rathbone.

2. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?
(a) A pitcher of water.
(b) A pile of clean sheets.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A pillow.

3. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?
(a) Personification.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Simile.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?
(a) The Capitol dome.
(b) The Lincoln monument.
(c) The Washington monument.
(d) The Smithsonian Museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?

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

3. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?

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

5. Where was Abraham Lincoln taken after he was moved from Ford's Theater?

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