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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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?
(a) The plot to assassinate Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) The plot to kidnap William Seward.
(c) The plot to overthrow the Union government and install Confederate leaders instead.
(d) The plot to kidnap the president.

5. What two items did John Wilkes Booth retrieve from Mary Sarratt's boardinghouse on the night of the assassination attempts?
(a) A gun and a knife.
(b) A knife and a horse.
(c) Binoculars and a gun.
(d) A map and a compass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?

2. What bridge was the only way out of Washington D.C. and into Maryland?

3. How long did John Wilkes Booth have between finding out about Lincoln's plans to attend the play and his assassination of the President?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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