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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 held John Wilkes Booth's horse in the alley behind the theater, unknowingly help him to keep his escape route accessible?
(a) John Peanut.
(b) Dr. Charles Leale.
(c) Major Rathbone.
(d) Edman Spangler.

2. After the Petersen boarding house was deemed the temporary War Department headquarters, to whom was the first telegram out of the office addressed?
(a) General Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Secretary of State William Seward.
(c) First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) General Robert E. Lee.

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

4. 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?
(a) The newspapers had printed the article about the assassination plot that Lewis Powell had sent to them.
(b) Lewis Powell had not gotten away and had been immediately imprisoned.
(c) Lewis Powell had attacked not only William Seward, but his sons, his daughter, and his nurse.
(d) They were outdated by more than a week, so they did not mention the assassination attempt at all.

5. What time of day did Thomas Jones think would be the best time for John Wilkes Booth and David Herold to cross the river and escape into the next state?
(a) The middle of the night.
(b) A little before sunset.
(c) A little before sunrise.
(d) High noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?

2. What tool did Dr. Charles Leale use to remove the blood clot from Abraham Lincoln's head in order to relieve pressure on his brain?

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

4. Who came to Mary Surratt's door at the precise moment her boarding house was being searched by soldiers?

5. What was Dr. RIchard Stuart's reaction to John Wilkes Booth's request for shelter for George Atzerodt and himself?

(see the answer key)

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