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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confronted Lewis Powell at the top of the stairs on the second floor of William Seward's house?
(a) Frederick Seward.
(b) Major Rathbone.
(c) John Wilkes Booth.
(d) Fanny Seward.

2. How long would it have taken John Wilkes Booth to reload if he had missed the fatal shot to Lincoln's head?
(a) 40 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 20 seconds.
(d) 5 seconds.

3. Though several couples declined the Lincolns' invitation to attend the play, one couple did accept. Who accompanied the Lincolns to the play on the night of Lincoln's assassination?
(a) General Grant and his wife.
(b) William Seward and his wife.
(c) Major Rathbone and his fiancee.
(d) Dr. Charles Leale and his wife.

4. What lie did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell the soldiers in an attempt to lead them on a wild goose chase and throw them off the trail of John Wilkes Booth?
(a) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the east.
(b) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the north.
(c) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the west.
(d) He claimed the strangers at his farm had asked for directions to a farm to the south.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in John Wilkes Booth's room at the National Hotel did investigators find a letter outlining the plot against the government?

2. When Thomas Jones brought newspapers to the assassins' hideout in the forest, what about the newspapers' reports on Lewis Powell's attack on William Seward surprised John Wilkes Booth?

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

4. What was the subject of John Wilkes Booth's hand tattoo?

5. How did John Wilkes Booth gain shelter for the night at the home of Lucas, the African-American neighbor of Dr. Richard Stuart?

(see the answer key)

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