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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the actress Laura Keene use as a passport into the President's box at Ford's Theater where Abraham Lincoln lay dying?
2. For how many years did the Civil War last?
3. What previous act had John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators plotted in 1864 that had never come to fruition?
4. What does the word secede mean?
5. What monument in Washington, D.C. had recently been completed at the time of Lincoln's inauguration in 1865?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the scene of Abraham Lincoln being moved from the theater, how does James L. Swanson get across the message of how damaging people's morbid curiosity can be?
2. How does James L. Swanson use the words of Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckley, to foreshadow the coming death of Abraham Lincoln?
3. How does James L. Swanson create suspense in the scene when Lewis Powell attempts to assassinate William Seward?
4. How did the North celebrate when Richmond, Virginia fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865?
5. How does James L. Swanson demonstrate Fanny Seward's courage and ferocity within the scene of Lewis Powell's attempt to take her father's life?
6. What are two themes touched upon within Abraham Lincoln's inauguration day speech of 1865?
7. Over what issues was the American Civil War fought?
8. What were the reasons that Dr. Charles Leale wanted to move Abraham Lincoln from the theater, even though he had just proclaimed his wounds sure to be fatal?
9. How did John Wilkes Booth's knowledge of Ford's Theater facilitate his assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
10. What is James L. Swanson's purpose when he describes John Wilkes Booth's passions as including "the romance of lost causes"? (2)
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's decision to include a variety of primary documents within the text. What purpose did he have when including images of real documents such as newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and other ephemera? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of primary documents with concrete details from the ephemera he includes in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Examine how James Swanson's writing of Chasing Lincoln's Killer displays characteristics of the Realism literary movement and what effect the use of that style has on the narrative. Use concrete details from the book to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Examine the dichotomy between John Wilkes Booth's expectations of the effect his assassination of President Lincoln would have on the country, with the events that actually unfolded and how his act was viewed in years to come. Support your analytical points with textual evidence from the book.
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