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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 in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?
(a) In his trunk.
(b) Under his mattress.
(c) In his dresser drawer.
(d) In the flue of the fireplace.

2. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?
(a) Under the Navy Yard Bridge.
(b) In his carriage.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In Mary Surratt's boardinghouse.

3. What color uniforms did Northern soldiers wear during the Civil War?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

4. Who was the only audience member at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination to chase after John Wilkes Booth after the shooting?
(a) Major Rathbone.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) Laura Keene.
(d) Joseph Stewart.

5. What was Dr. Samuel Mudd's diagnosis once he examined John Wilkes Booth's injured leg?
(a) Dislocated ankle.
(b) Broken fibula.
(c) Broken ankle.
(d) Broken knee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only actor on stage when Booth made his leap from the balcony?

2. What two weapons did John Wilkes Booth carry with him the night of the assassination?

3. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?

4. What was the source of Mary Todd Lincoln's emotional disturbance in the three years previous to Lincoln's inauguration?

5. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?

(see the answer key)

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