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