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