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