John Wilkes Booth - Test
John Wilkes Booth
  • 1. In which year was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) 1798
B) 1865
C) 1901
D) 1838
  • 2. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
A) Farmer
B) Actor
C) Doctor
D) Politician
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) George Washington
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Ford's Theatre
B) Radio City Music Hall
C) Kennedy Center
D) Apollo Theater
  • 5. What was John Wilkes Booth's nationality?
A) American
B) French
C) British
D) Russian
  • 6. Who aided John Wilkes Booth in his escape after the assassination?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Mary Surratt
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) David Herold
  • 7. What was the name of the play being performed when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln?
A) Macbeth
B) Our American Cousin
C) Hamlet
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 8. What was the name of the doctor who attended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot?
A) Mudd Gatrich
B) Samuel Mudd
C) Simon Bodgett
D) Charles Leale
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) Thomas Jefferson Booth
B) Junius Brutus Booth
C) Abraham Lincoln Booth
D) George Washington Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Mary Todd Lincoln
B) Clara Harris
C) Lucy Hale
D) Laura Keene
  • 11. At what age did John Wilkes Booth die?
A) 40
B) 26
C) 50
D) 32
  • 12. Which group did John Wilkes Booth belong to that initially planned to abduct Abraham Lincoln?
A) Knights of the Golden Circle
B) Ku Klux Klan
C) Illuminati
D) Masons
  • 13. Who was the Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) James A. Garfield
C) Andrew Johnson
D) William McKinley
  • 14. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's popular sister who was a stage actress?
A) Elizabeth Booth
B) Mary Ann Booth
C) Asia Booth
D) Catherine Booth
  • 15. How many days after Lincoln's assassination was John Wilkes Booth killed?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 30
D) 12
  • 16. What was the name of the lead detective in the search for John Wilkes Booth?
A) Edwin M. Stanton
B) Thomas Eckert
C) William H. Seward
D) Lafayette C. Baker
  • 17. Where was John Wilkes Booth killed by Union troops?
A) Pennsylvania
B) Georgia
C) Maryland
D) Virginia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Boston, Massachusetts
B) Bel Air, Maryland
C) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D) Richmond, Virginia
  • 19. On what date did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln?
A) May 10, 1865
B) April 14, 1864
C) April 26, 1865
D) April 14, 1865
  • 20. What happened to Booth after he was tracked down?
A) He was killed in a gunfight with Union soldiers
B) He escaped and was never found
C) He was captured alive and hanged immediately
D) He was shot by Union soldier Boston Corbett and died a few hours later
  • 21. Who was John Wilkes Booth named after?
A) Henry Winter Davis
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) English radical politician John Wilkes
  • 22. What did Booth's sister recall about his reaction to a palm reading?
A) He laughed it off as nonsense
B) He immediately sought to change his fate
C) He ignored the prediction and never mentioned it again
D) He wrote down the prediction and often discussed its portents
  • 23. Which political party did Booth support in the 1854 elections?
A) The Democratic Party
B) The Republican Party
C) The Know Nothing Party
D) The Whig Party
  • 24. What did Booth practice daily as a teenager?
A) Mathematics and science
B) Elocution and studying Shakespeare
C) Military drills and tactics
D) Cooking and farming
  • 25. At what age did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) 21
B) 19
C) 15
D) 17
  • 26. In which play did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) Hamlet
B) Richard III
C) Othello
D) Macbeth
  • 27. What play did Booth perform in at the Arch Street Theatre in February 1858?
A) Lucrezia Borgia
B) Othello
C) Macbeth
D) Hamlet
  • 28. What role did Booth play in the play staged in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1858?
A) Petruchio Pandolfo
B) Horatio
C) Mohegan Indian Chief Uncas
D) Brutus
  • 29. What did Edwin Booth say to the audience after John Wilkes Booth's performance in 'Hamlet'?
A) He needs more practice.
B) I think he's done well, don't you?
C) He should try a different role.
D) He is not ready for the stage.
  • 30. How many plays did Booth perform in during 1858?
A) 75
B) 100
C) 83
D) 50
  • 31. How tall was John Wilkes Booth?
A) 6 feet
B) 5 feet 8 inches
C) 6 feet 2 inches
D) 5 feet 5 inches
  • 32. What did George Alfred Townsend describe Booth as?
A) A short and stout man
B) A muscular, perfect man
C) A frail and delicate man
D) A tall and skinny man
  • 33. How much was John Wilkes Booth earning annually by the end of the 1850s?
A) $15,000
B) $30,000
C) $20,000
D) $10,000
  • 34. What did some critics call John Wilkes Booth?
A) The handsomest man in America
B) The best Shakespearean actor in America
C) The most forgettable actor in America
D) The most talented actor in America
  • 35. Who did John Wilkes Booth engage to serve as his agent?
A) Philadelphia attorney Matthew Canning
B) John T. Ford
C) Edwin Booth
D) Walt Whitman
  • 36. Which poet and journalist commented on Booth's acting as having 'flashes, passages, I thought of real genius.'?
A) The Philadelphia Press drama critic
B) The National Republican drama critic
C) Matthew Canning
D) Walt Whitman
  • 37. In which city was Booth shot accidentally in October 1860?
A) New Orleans
B) Montgomery, Alabama
C) Columbus, Georgia
D) Albany, New York
  • 38. Which city's drama critics gave Booth rave reviews despite his 'treasonable statements'?
A) Albany's drama critics
B) Boston's drama critics
C) Chicago's drama critics
D) New York City's drama critics
  • 39. In which musical by Stephen Sondheim is Booth a central character?
A) Richard III
B) The Cosgrove Report
C) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
D) Assassins
  • 40. What was the original name of the oil venture started by Booth and his partners?
A) Dramatic Oil
B) Wilkes Oil
C) Ellsler Oil
D) Booth Oil
  • 41. What did Booth's last words reportedly say?
A) I am proud
B) I am sorry
C) Useless, useless
D) I am at peace
  • 42. How did Booth feel about Lincoln's re-election?
A) Angered
B) Supportive
C) Indifferent
D) Pleased
  • 43. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Wagon Train episode 'The John Wilbot Story'?
A) Dane Clark
B) Rob Morrow
C) Kelly Blatz
D) John Lasell
  • 44. In which play did Booth perform with his brothers Edwin and Junius on November 25, 1864?
A) Richard III
B) Julius Caesar
C) Hamlet
D) The Marble Heart
  • 45. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Robert Redford film 'The Conspirator'?
A) Jesse Johnson
B) Christian Camargo
C) Toby Kebbell
D) John Derek
  • 46. What was the name of the oil company formed by Booth and his partners?
A) Mears Oil Company
B) Fuller Farm Oil
C) Booth Oil Company
D) Ellsler Oil Company
  • 47. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the 1977 film 'The Lincoln Conspiracy'?
A) Bradford Dillman
B) James Marsden
C) John Derek
D) Chris Conner
  • 48. Who was assigned to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward?
A) Booth.
B) Herold.
C) Atzerodt.
D) Powell.
  • 49. In which episode of The Twilight Zone did John Lasell portray John Wilkes Booth?
A) 'Back There' (1961)
B) 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot' (1956)
C) 'The John Wilbot Story' (1958)
D) 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' (S01E02)
  • 50. Who declined the theatre invitation, preventing an assassination attempt?
A) William H. Seward.
B) Andrew Johnson.
C) Ulysses S. Grant.
D) Robert E. Lee.
  • 51. Where did Booth and Herold finally reach the Virginia shore?
A) Near Machodoc Creek
B) Belle Plain, Virginia
C) Surratt's Tavern
D) Port Royal, Virginia
  • 52. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the Timeless episode 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln'?
A) Anthony Boyle
B) Rob Morrow
C) John Lasell
D) Kelly Blatz
  • 53. What was the modern equivalent of Booth's $6,000 loss?
A) $100,000
B) $123,511
C) $150,000
D) $200,000
  • 54. Who was responsible for boring the spyhole into the door of the presidential box?
A) Frank Ford.
B) Harry Clay Ford.
C) John Wilkes Booth.
D) John T. Ford.
  • 55. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the 2024 Apple TV+ miniseries Manhunt?
A) Anthony Boyle
B) Kelly Blatz
C) Rob Morrow
D) John Lasell
  • 56. What role did Booth play in the November 25, 1864, production of Julius Caesar?
A) Cassius
B) Brutus
C) Caesar
D) Mark Antony
  • 57. Who led Booth and Herold to Col. John J. Hughes' farm in Maryland?
A) Thomas A. Jones
B) A Confederate sympathizer farmer
C) David Herold
D) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
  • 58. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the 1998 remake of 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot'?
A) Anthony Boyle
B) Kelly Blatz
C) John Lasell
D) Rob Morrow
  • 59. Which Unsolved Mysteries host presented the episode examining the theory that Booth escaped to Oklahoma?
A) Robert Stack
B) Dennis Farina
C) Mary Chapin Carpenter
D) Tony Rice
  • 60. On what date did Booth withdraw from the oil business?
A) December 1, 1864
B) October 31, 1864
C) November 15, 1864
D) November 27, 1864
  • 61. What did Booth intend to do after learning of the surrender of Johnston's army?
A) Hide in the Maryland woods
B) Reach Mexico
C) Join Confederate forces
D) Return to Washington D.C.
  • 62. What was Booth's plan if the Confederate government could not continue the war?
A) To join the Union Army.
B) To flee to Canada.
C) To avenge the South's defeat.
D) To become a farmer.
  • 63. What was Booth's relationship with his brother Edwin?
A) They were close and shared the same views.
B) They increasingly quarreled, especially over Booth's partisan views.
C) They had no contact during the Civil War.
D) Edwin was a Confederate soldier.
  • 64. Who depicted John Wilkes Booth in 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'?
A) Christian Camargo
B) Chris Conner
C) James Marsden
D) Jesse Johnson
  • 65. Where did Booth meet with Confederate sympathizers in Boston?
A) Old North Church.
B) Boston Common.
C) Faneuil Hall.
D) The Parker House.
  • 66. Who was the Confederate agent that Booth and Herold contacted after arriving at Samuel Cox's home?
A) Thomas A. Jones
B) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
C) Dr. Samuel Mudd
D) Edmund Spangler
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Washington to capture Booth in Virginia?
A) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
B) Colonel Everton Conger
C) Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 68. What was the significance of the phrase 'Sic semper tyrannis'?
A) It means 'To the victor, the spoils'.
B) It means 'In God we trust'.
C) It means 'Thus always to tyrants'.
D) It means 'Liberty or death'.
  • 69. In which web television series is Booth portrayed by Anthony Padilla?
A) Blame the Hero
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Manhunt
D) Grant
  • 70. Which adaptation of Shakespeare's text is used in Booth's surviving promptbook?
A) Matthew Weiner adaptation
B) William Shakespeare adaptation
C) Colley Cibber adaptation
D) Stephen Sondheim adaptation
  • 71. Who held Booth's getaway horse in the alley after he fled Ford's Theatre?
A) David Herold
B) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
C) Edmund Spangler
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 72. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the film 'Abraham Lincoln' directed by D. W. Griffith?
A) Bradford Dillman
B) James Marsden
C) Ian Keith
D) John Derek
  • 73. Which theatre company developed a staged reading of Booth's 'Richard III'?
A) Baltimore Center Stage
B) Harry Ransom Center
C) Harvard Theatre Collection
D) The Hidden Room
  • 74. What method did Booth and his partners use in an attempt to increase the well's output?
A) Mechanical pumps
B) Steam
C) Water pressure
D) Explosives
  • 75. How much crude oil did the Wilhelmina well yield daily?
A) 30 barrels
B) 15 barrels
C) 20 barrels
D) 25 barrels
  • 76. Which TV series featured all three Booth brothers interacting with the Morehouses and Elizabeth in New York City?
A) The Twilight Zone
B) Timeless
C) Unsolved Mysteries
D) Copper
  • 77. Which city did Booth visit in October that was a center of Confederate activity?
A) Richmond.
B) Montreal.
C) New York City.
D) Baltimore.
  • 78. What was Booth's reaction to the South's situation in the Civil War?
A) Growing more obsessed
B) Uninterested
C) Supportive of the Union
D) Indifferent
  • 79. Who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson?
A) Booth.
B) Powell.
C) Herold.
D) Atzerodt.
  • 80. What is the title of G. J. A. O'Toole's historical fiction-mystery novel?
A) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
B) Assassins
C) Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
D) The Cosgrove Report
  • 81. What did Booth use to assassinate Lincoln?
A) Rifle.
B) Knife.
C) Sword.
D) .41 caliber Deringer pistol.
  • 82. Where did Booth stay during his trip to Montreal?
A) Old Soldiers Home.
B) St. Lawrence Hall.
C) National Hotel.
D) The Parker House.
  • 83. Where did the world premiere of 'John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only' take place?
A) Harvard Theatre Collection
B) Harry Ransom Center
C) Greenmount Cemetery
D) Baltimore Center Stage
  • 84. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in a flashback cameo in the comedy 'Zoolander'?
A) Chris Conner
B) James Marsden
C) Toby Kebbell
D) Bradford Dillman
  • 85. What did Booth draft after Lincoln's election in 1860?
A) A play about Southern life.
B) A letter supporting Lincoln.
C) A long speech decriing Northern abolitionism.
D) A novel about the Civil War.
  • 86. Where did Booth and his partners invest in an oil well in late 1863?
A) Cleveland, Ohio
B) Franklin, Pennsylvania
C) Boston, Massachusetts
D) New York, New York
  • 87. In which year did the miniseries 'Abraham Lincoln' depict Booth's shooting of Lincoln?
A) 2022
B) 2024
C) 2019
D) 2020
  • 88. What was the title of the play in which Booth played a Greek sculptor in costume at Ford's Theatre?
A) Hamlet
B) The Marble Heart
C) Julius Caesar
D) Richard III
  • 89. What was the name of Mears' wife, after whom the oil well was named?
A) Wilhelmina
B) Mary
C) Sarah
D) Elizabeth
  • 90. Who was not harmed during the assassination?
A) John Wilkes Booth.
B) Mary Todd Lincoln.
C) Major Henry Rathbone.
D) Clara Harris.
  • 91. What was Booth charged with in St. Louis in 1863?
A) Espionage.
B) Making treasonous remarks against the government.
C) Theft.
D) Assassination attempt.
  • 92. Who was in the presidential box with Mary Todd Lincoln?
A) General Ulysses S. Grant.
B) Andrew Johnson.
C) Major Henry Rathbone.
D) William H. Seward.
  • 93. What did Booth shout after assassinating Lincoln?
A) Carpe diem.
B) Veni, vidi, vici.
C) Eureka!
D) Sic semper tyrannis.
  • 94. What play was Booth planning to use as a cover for kidnapping Lincoln?
A) Hamlet.
B) Othello.
C) Still Waters Run Deep.
D) Macbeth.
  • 95. Which Confederate general called Booth's act 'a disgrace to the age'?
A) Joseph E. Johnston
B) Edmund Spangler
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Thomas A. Jones
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