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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did David Herold say was a condition of helping Lewis Powell with the plot to assassinate William Seward?
(a) He did not want to enact the plot during daylight hours.
(b) He did not want to drive the carriage.
(c) He did not want to kill anybody himself.
(d) He did not want to have to clean up any mess.

2. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?
(a) The Capitol dome.
(b) The Lincoln monument.
(c) The Washington monument.
(d) The Smithsonian Museum.

3. What reason did Dr. Charles Leale give for the impossibility of taking Abraham Lincoln to the White House after he was shot?
(a) It would take too long to get there.
(b) The crowds outside were already too thick to maneuver a carriage through their number.
(c) The bumpy ride would jostle his head and kill him.
(d) The doctor would not be able to tend to Abraham Lincoln in transit.

4. What rule was in place about the bridge that John Wilkes Booth intended to cross on his escape into Maryland?
(a) Anyone crossing the bridge had to pay a toll.
(b) No one was allowed to cross the bridge after dark.
(c) No one was allowed to take a horse over the bridge.
(d) Any crossing the bridge had to dismount his horse and walk his horse over the bridge.

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

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

7. What was the role of Charles Forbes, the only man sitting outside of the Lincolns' theater box seat?
(a) The Rathbones' servant.
(b) The head of the Secret Service.
(c) The Lincolns' servant.
(d) The theater's security guard.

8. On what date did Richmond, Virginia, the capital city of the Confederate States of America, fall to Union forces?
(a) April 3, 1866.
(b) April 3, 1870.
(c) April 3, 1865.
(d) April 3, 1863.

9. What had John Wilkes Booth hidden along the carpet earlier in the day that he then used to barricade the door to the Presidential box behind him?
(a) A nightstick.
(b) A music stand.
(c) A broom.
(d) A conductor's baton.

10. For how many years did the Civil War last?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

12. How many casualties did the Civil War result in?
(a) 200,000.
(b) One million.
(c) 600,000.
(d) 400,000.

13. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?
(a) A pitcher of water.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A pile of clean sheets.

14. How many stories did William Seward's house have, making Lewis Powell's task of finding him difficult?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Though it would have been easy for John Wilkes Booth to gain an audience with President Lincoln within the Executive Mansion due to Booth's acting fame, why did he not take that action?

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

3. What literary device is James L. Swanson using when he refers to John Wilkes Booth's passion for lost causes?

4. 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?

5. What does the word secede mean?

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