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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asked Dr. Charles Leale to treat him first, before the doctor tended to Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Colonel Murray.
(b) Sergeant Robinson.
(c) Major Rathbone.
(d) Captain Stargazer.

2. What injury did John Wilkes Booth sustain in his leap from the Presidential box to the theater stage?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) A broken wrist.
(c) A broken ankle.
(d) A broken nose.

3. What was the ultimate goal of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators' plan to assassinate the Union government's top leaders?
(a) To incite the Confederacy to continue the war against the Union.
(b) To be awarded a ransom.
(c) To persuade General Lee to revoke his surrender.
(d) To install Confederate leaders in the place of the dead Union leaders the moment they were gone.

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

5. What fraction of the casualties during the Civil War died due to disease?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/4.

6. What weapons did Lewis Powell bring to William Seward's house, intending to kill him?
(a) A sword and a knife.
(b) A revolver and a knife.
(c) A pistol and a revolver.
(d) A pistol and a knife.

7. Who was the only other person in William Seward's bedroom besides William Seward and Fanny Seward?
(a) Ashton Lovelier, William Seward's main doctor.
(b) Major Rathbone, who was guarding William Seward.
(c) Sergeant Robinson, who was serving as a nurse to William Seward.
(d) Frederick Seward, who was helping Fanny to nurse their father William Seward.

8. 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?
(a) A pocketknife.
(b) His fingers.
(c) A toothpick.
(d) A scalpel.

9. What distinctive marking did John Wilkes Booth's horse have on her body?
(a) A white diamond on her flank.
(b) A white star on her forehead.
(c) A white circle on her nose.
(d) A black star on her forehead.

10. On the night of the Torchlight Parade, who scooped up Abraham Lincoln's speech pages as he finished them and dropped them to the floor?
(a) William Seward's daughter.
(b) Lincoln's son Tad.
(c) Lincoln's wife Mary Todd.
(d) General Ulysses S. Grant.

11. Who sent a letter to the proprietors of the Ford Theater announcing the Lincolns' intention to attend the play at the theater that night?
(a) John Wilkes Booth.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) William Seward.
(d) General Ulysses S. Grant.

12. What was the cause of William Seward's injuries that caused him to be healing in bed when the assassination attempt on his life was made?
(a) A ferris wheel accident.
(b) A carriage accident.
(c) A fall.
(d) An arrow wound.

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

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

15. What did Lewis Powell carry with him to William Sewards' door in order to make his lie more believable?
(a) A small package wrapped in paper and tied with string.
(b) An autograph book and a pen.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A bag of groceries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from Washington D.C. were Mary Surratt's tavern and boardinghouse?

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

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

4. The plot to assassinate the top Union leaders included all but which of the following people?

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

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