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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state did John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hope to escape into by crossing a major river, since that state's population was full of Confederate sympathizers?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. For what crime had Thomas Jones been jailed for months prior to getting out in April of 1865?
(a) Disloyalty to the Union.
(b) Counterfeiting.
(c) Insubordination to an officer.
(d) Public intoxication.

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

4. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?
(a) Vice President Andrew Johnson.
(b) Secretary of State William Seward.
(c) Department of Justice Head Alistair Sim.
(d) President Abraham Lincoln.

5. What noise finally led David Herold to flee the scene in the getaway carriage before Lewis Powell had emerged from the house?
(a) The sound of gunshots.
(b) Fanny Seward screaming out of the window into the street.
(c) The sound of barking dogs.
(d) William Bell running out of the house and screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What joke did George Atzerodt make that caused a guest at the midday meal to report him to the authorities?

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

3. Worried that Lewis Powell or other assassins might return to the house, what action did Fanny Seward take throughout the night after the attack?

4. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?

5. Where did Lewis Powell sleep on the two nights subsequent to the events at William Seward's house?

(see the answer key)

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