John Wilkes Booth
  • 1. In which year was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) 1901
B) 1838
C) 1798
D) 1865
  • 2. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
A) Actor
B) Doctor
C) Politician
D) Farmer
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) John F. Kennedy
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Radio City Music Hall
B) Kennedy Center
C) Apollo Theater
D) Ford's Theatre
  • 5. What was John Wilkes Booth's nationality?
A) American
B) Russian
C) British
D) French
  • 6. Who aided John Wilkes Booth in his escape after the assassination?
A) David Herold
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Mary Surratt
  • 7. What was the name of the play being performed when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln?
A) Hamlet
B) Our American Cousin
C) Macbeth
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 8. What was the name of the doctor who attended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot?
A) Simon Bodgett
B) Samuel Mudd
C) Mudd Gatrich
D) Charles Leale
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) Thomas Jefferson Booth
B) Abraham Lincoln Booth
C) George Washington Booth
D) Junius Brutus Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Clara Harris
B) Mary Todd Lincoln
C) Lucy Hale
D) Laura Keene
  • 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) Illuminati
C) Knights of the Golden Circle
D) Ku Klux Klan
  • 13. Who was the Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination?
A) William McKinley
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Andrew Johnson
D) James A. Garfield
  • 14. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's popular sister who was a stage actress?
A) Catherine Booth
B) Asia Booth
C) Elizabeth Booth
D) Mary Ann Booth
  • 15. How many days after Lincoln's assassination was John Wilkes Booth killed?
A) 30
B) 12
C) 5
D) 20
  • 16. What was the name of the lead detective in the search for John Wilkes Booth?
A) Edwin M. Stanton
B) Thomas Eckert
C) Lafayette C. Baker
D) William H. Seward
  • 17. Where was John Wilkes Booth killed by Union troops?
A) Maryland
B) Pennsylvania
C) Georgia
D) Virginia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Boston, Massachusetts
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Bel Air, Maryland
D) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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