The President Lincoln's Assassination quiz: 12 questions by Laurel Booher

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This is a quiz about what happened the night Lincoln was assassinated as described by Doris Goodwin in Team of Rivals.

What was the play that the Lincoln's watched at Ford theatre the night Lincoln was assassinated?

Huckleberry Finn
Our American Cousin
Hamlet
The Tale of Two Cities

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What was John Wilkes Booth's big plan for the the night Lincoln was assassinated.

Simultaneous assassinations of Lincoln, Seward, and Johnson
Simultaneous assassinations of LIncoln, Welles, and Stanton.
Simultaneous assassinations of Lincoln, Jeff Davis, and Ulysses S. Grant
Simultaneous assassinations of Lincoln, Grant, and Meade

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Who were two of John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators?

Longstreet & Stonewall Jackson
Lewis Powell & George Atzerodt
his brother and his cousin
Senator Ira Harris and Major Henry Rathbone

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What was John Wilkes Booth's motivation in assassinating Lincoln?

He wanted slavery to be legal in the South again.
He was getting revenge for the death of his Uncle Ted.
He thought he would be exalted as a hero for doing away with a "Great Tyrant."
He wanted to impress his fiancé.

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Tell about Seward's assassination attempt.

Seward was slashed with a knife, and many others in his household were injured as well.
Seward was shot in the neck, narrowly missing his jugular vein.
Seward was choked with his own belt.
Seward was dunked and held underwater and became unconscious.

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Tell about Johnson's assassination attempt.

Johnson was dunked and held underwater and became unconscious.
Johnson was choked with his own belt.
Johnson was slashed with a knife, and many others in his household were injured as well.
Johnson wasn't attacked. The intended assassin didn't want to kill him.

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How did John Wilkes Booth get entrance to Lincoln's booth?

He forced his way in.
He feigned illness.
He merely opened the door to the box.
He gave his calling card to the White house footman who gave him admittance.

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Where on his body was Lincoln shot?

Back of his neck
Back of his head
In his heart
In his aorta

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How did John Wilkes Booth escape from Lincoln's box?

He ran out the door.
He climbed up the curtain and escaped through the rafters.
He leaped from the box unto the stage.
He disguised himself and became part of the crowd.

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Where did they take Lincoln after he was shot?

To the White House
To Washington DC General Hospital
To Peterson's boarding House
To a room in the back of The Stratford Bar

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Where was Tad the night his dad was shot?

the White House
Grover's Theatre watching "Aladdin".
at school
at Robert's fiance's Aunt Lucy's hotel

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All of the cabinet but Seward were with Lincoln after he was shot. Where was Seward?

In Auburn awaiting the birth of his second grandchild.
At Kate Chase's wedding
at home in bed with his injury's from the botched assassination attempt.
At church praying for Lincoln

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